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			== Perhaps this ==
			I had seen a question asked about a tool. Perhaps this would help.
			*
			Wizardman also may know of additional tools, I know he has helped me with some CCI stuff in the past. — <small><span style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:1px;"><b>]</b> : ]</span></small> 20:52, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
			:Thanks, that will help for the next one (Hex got a positive ID on that article and removed the section). BTW, let me know if you run across any more like that (articles sent to AfD for using the old "sources" section rather than the cite templates)... I'm still following that hunch. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 11:37, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
			==Lifting the Gibraltar DYK restrictions==
			A couple of months ago, you opposed a proposal to lift the restrictions on Gibraltar-related DYKs, which were imposed in September 2012. Could you possibly clarify (1) under what conditions you would support a lifting of the restrictions, and (2) when you think it would be appropriate to lift the restrictions? ] (]) 20:08, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
			:Could you link to the discussion please? --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 14:01, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
			::], in the first collapsed box. ] (]) 22:39, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
			:::Is there a ''current'' discussion somewhere? --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 13:27, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
			::::No. ] (]) 07:44, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
			== Question ==
			Hi,
			, I mean to get paid, if I am one of the winners? Thanks. ] (]) 02:12, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
			:You mean if you're not logged in? I don't know, but I'll pass the question along. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 08:51, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
			::Yes, it is what I meant, but surely, if Misplaced Pages considers me a qualifying contributor, Wikipediocracy should too. By the by have you ever considered nominating the article for DYK? ] (]) 13:33, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
			:::Nothing firm yet, but if you're in this for the money, I think you should create an account. Misplaced Pages doesn't charge anything for making accounts, last I checked ;-). --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 22:09, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
			::::Of course I am in for the money mostly because it is fun to get payed for criticizing Misplaced Pages on Misplaced Pages. Yes, creating an account is free, but it is a hassle. I would not like to be attached to a user name, I prize my freedom. Besides I've already made most additions to the article as IP. ] (]) 00:07, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
			:::::Well, it says right there on the board: "Candidates for this prize will be ''registered'' Misplaced Pages user accounts" (italicized on the board). I get the impression that they're not interested in changing that rule, so not much more I can do for you. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 10:21, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
			== AE nit-picking ==
			Yeah, you probably shouldn't be commenting in the ''uninvolved'' administrator section on that case. ''Someone'' is bound to blow a gasket. ;) --] <sub>] ]</sub> 01:53, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
			:I don't see why... I have absolutely no interest in Scientology, though I'm aware that it's been a contentious topic on WP. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 13:55, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
			::I meant because of the specific article that was under discussion, but I guess it no longer matters.--] <sub>] ]</sub> 16:01, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
			:::Well, I'm not really all that involved in the article either. I'm interested as a reader, of course, but I don't have any particular stake in it as an "editor", much less as an "admin". --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 19:02, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
			== Added to the wikipedia controversies article ==
			Just letting you know so I can get the reward {{smiley}}. Cheers, ''']]''' 00:52, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
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			"Give it a rest" isn't a valid reason for protecting a user's talk page. Please undo your action or be prepared to explain why you took it upon yourself to make up new rules at ]. ] (]) 23:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
			:It's a perfectly valid reason per IAR (and in is case perhaps BLP as well). Leaving the poor guy be for a couple of days is the right thing to do, and hopefully can helm lower the drama level. I'm sure the wiser heads at AN/I will agree. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 23:45, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
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			You know, I had no idea that you were an admin here? Neato. — ] <span style="color:#900">•</span> ] 10:34, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
			==Evidence phase open - Manning naming dispute==
			Dear SB Johnny.
			This is just a quick courtesy notice. You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at ]. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at ]. '''Please add your evidence by September 19, 2013, which is when the evidence phase closes.''' You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, ]. For a guide to the arbitration process, see ]. For the Arbitration Committee, ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 23:31, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
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			== Re Eric's talk page ==
			I appreciate your judgement. It needed to be blocked for a short time to allow cooling off, 24 hours was too long but your timing was perfect. ]<sup>TT</sup>(]) 08:04, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
			:De nada. That's why you keep us old timers around hovering well over the fray, right? --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 12:20, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
			== FYI ==
			by ], but I have no idea why. ] (]) 15:36, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
			== Ramtha's School of Enlightenment ==
			Hi SB Johnny. I saw your comment on the Ramtha's discussion page and have added a summary of the key points from the longer message. You can see that ]. I hope you're still willing to be a helpful interloper. ] (]) 17:38, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
			== What's in a name? ==
			Ya know, I'd been meaning to ask you what the significance of your user name is. — ] <span style="color:#900">•</span> ] 14:49, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
			== ] of ] ==
			]] has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at ].<!--Template:Tfdnotice--> ] (]) 19:40, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
			== Precious ==
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			'''cultivating trust'''<br />
			Thank you, "Oldtimer" interested in "horticulture, landscape architecture, philosophy, and history", for cultivating ], real life ({{diff|User talk:Eric Corbett|515540147||"spend time doing something more satisfying"}}) and ], - you are an ]!
			--] (]) 20:00, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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			:Aw, shucks :-). Thanks! --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 22:01, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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			Adding "move like this, like this move" and the link to "awesomely weird", --] (]) 09:50, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
			: On the 28th: a ] the ], right now! --] (]) 13:09, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
			: A year ago, you were the 708th recipient of my ], --] (]) 07:41, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
			: Three years ago, you were recipient no. ] of Precious, a prize of QAI! --] (]) 07:30, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
			: Six years now! --] (]) 07:09, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
			== UT:JIMBO ==
			*(Protection log); 23:09 . . SB Johnny (talk | contribs) changed protection level of User talk:Jimbo Wales‎ ‎ (expires 11:09, 4 January 2014 (UTC))‎ (indefinite) ‎(throttle down, Jimmy has made it pretty clear that he wants IPs to be free to talk on his talk)
			Your protection makes it impossible for IPs to edit the page. -'']'' <small>(])</small> 23:34, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
			:For 12 hours, I know. It had been set to indefinite a little earlier, so I shortened it. Changed the move permissions too, because Hagger???? ;-) --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 23:53, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
			::Move permission seems sensible. -'']'' <small>(])</small> 00:34, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
			: Thank you for taking an interest in this problem. The banned editor is Mbz1. She's very persistent about hopping to new IPs and is seeking a forum for grandstanding. If she returns, please lengthen the protection. I had shortened it previously, but she came right back so I had to re-protect, and used a longer duration. More eyes on the problem is good. ] <sup>]</sup> 01:56, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
			::Well, the problem is that if you set it to "indefinite", you never know when it's "worked", and like I mentioned in the log, Jimmy is a big believer in "IP editing and speech". It's easy enough for you to throw the rope up for another 12 hours if she's causing a major problem, though it's often even easier to skip over the R&B and go right to I. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 02:45, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
			::FWIW, ], she says the IP in question isn't her (and is from Germany, etc.), though I agree the style and content certainly resembles hers. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 14:05, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
			:::There're three possibilities: (1) It is her. (2) It is some other editor taking advantage of the situation to act just like her. (3) It's somebody completely unrelated who's acting just like her, but doesn't realize it. Given the lack of trust we have in her, created by her inability to get along with other editors resulting in a ban, and then by her continued violation of editing through her ban, I think her statement has no information value whatsoever. Thank you for keeping an eye on the situation and if there are further similar edits, please respond as you see fit or let me know if you think my response needs to be adjusted so that it would be more effective. I didn't mean to set the protection to indefinite! I had meant to select something like one or two weeks, which is the approximate length of time she's been editing of late. ] <sup>]</sup> 17:04, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
			::::I'm nearly certain that it isn't her (lying isn't one of her faults). She feels rather insulted by you accusing her of being this other person (who she doesn't think resembles her at all), so if you can spare a "sorry about that" for her, she'd appreciate it.
			::::(And yes, ], I originally thought you had gotten the edit and move protection settings backwards, went to fix that, then realized the problem with having that length of protection on that particular page. We all have our senior moments, despite our youthful appearance and vigor.) ;-) --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 23:01, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
			:::::: I think she feels insulted that I continue to suck air, and nothing I say will have any benefit. My plan is to ignore her. If she stays away for 6 mos she can then try to come back under the standard offer. I won't object. She needs to let go of the past. ] <sup>]</sup> 01:11, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
			. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 01:21, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
			== Wikiversity ==
			I was wondering if you would like to come back to Wikiversity ;) --] (]) 01:28, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
			== Petition ==
			Thank you for that, I've signed. May I suggest that you remove the "Support" from your signature? I worry that people will start adding "Oppose" comments, as if it's an RfC, not a petition. Let them lynch-mob elsewhere. — ] <span style="color:#900">•</span> ] 23:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
			:Already did, good thinking :-). --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 23:41, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
			::Well, we tried. "Dignity", what a joke. — ] <span style="color:#900">•</span> ] 18:05, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
			:::"''I am '''unaware''' of any nondisclosure agreements and do not intend to intervene in a staff matter.'' Given that he was unaware that she was an employee, I'm not sure how much weight to put in that (though something in the signpost seems to suggest that there isn't an NDA, or at least that she's permitted to discuss the issue). --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 23:59, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
			== Question About Kww and Phillippe ==
			How did Kww use technical means to force the WMF on the Visual Editor mess? I know that the Visual Editor was not ready for prime time and that WMF, as the employer of the developers, was trying to ram it into production. What did Kww do? Was he heroic? ] (]) 23:06, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
			:He modified the javascript, iirc, which effectively allowed VE to be disabled (as default?), which is what the WMF (including Philippe in particular) were refusing to do. Whether it's heroic depends on your perspective, I suppose, but the point is that (a) Phillipe and Kww have a history of personal animosity, and (b) this is actually a wider dispute between Phillipe's wing of the WMF and parts of the community that are not at all happy with the WMF. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 14:08, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
			==Feb 11?==
			You said "See WP:DEADLINE to start. I think it's wonderful that there's a POTD and some DYKs available, but contorting everything else because Jimmy thinks it's a good idea is frankly a bad idea".
			That comment really helped me. I've been getting a bit worked up over things, and I really needed to hear the words "WP:DEADLINE". Sometimes when you need to chill, a stranger shows up to say the magic words-- WP:NODEADLINE. So, I wanted to thank you for the advice-- it helped me. --] (]) 08:50, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
			::Also, I agree we shouldn't push FA at all or "contort" stuff; just on the the stuff we already have that meets our criteria, do you think it's appropriate to schedule them all on a theme day like Feb 11, or should we stagger them across multiple days? your opinion valued. --] (]) 08:52, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
			== thanks ==
			Thanks for the kind words :) this isn't the first time I've been mobbed over something where I believed I was primarily in the right, and I'm usually fairly good at dealing with it, the magnitude of this was just a bit more than I expected. The reason I posted a statement of the length that I did was because I had received multiple emails telling me to do so or they'd take it to ANI, and I figured my talk page would be less painful than ANI. Best, ] (]) 23:56, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
			== ] ==
			Hi SB Johnny. I contribute to Misplaced Pages regularly with a conflict of interest, while following best practices and bringing most articles that qualify up to "Good Article" status to ensure I am meeting a high standard of compliance with Misplaced Pages's content policies.
			I'm trying to spread myself around a little more, to avoid the allegation that I have a small posse of favorable editors, which will inevitably occur if I rely too heavily on just 2 or 3 editors, so I thought I would introduce myself and see if you have an interest in chipping in on an article where I am affiliated.
			The article is ]. The draft I've prepared is located at ]. It's been shared on the Talk page and at COIN, but I find even COIN posts often get archived without anything getting done, so I try to ping people individually and find someone willing to chip in.
			Let me know if you have the time/interest to take a look. ] (]) 15:07, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
			== Request for comment ==
			Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by {{noping|Anna Frodesiak}}. Your comments ] is very much appreciated. Many thanks. ] through ] (]) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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			== Hello! ==
			I'm just wondering why was undone?
			The reason I protected it was because an editor made socks simply to target Jimbo. When they made one of their socks, they said that they were simply going to keep creating accounts to target his page. As indeed they did.--] (]) 05:39, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
			:See . 12 days was ''way'' too long. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 08:22, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
			::I'm afraid to say that I have learned otherwise in dealing with his talk page. In any case I would have preferred that you'd have at least pinged me in the message that you left on Jimbo's talk page, if not left a message on my own talk page about it. All the best.--] (]) 20:36, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
			:::I figured you'd see it, didn't see the point in "calling you out" about it. I just re-protected for another 12 hours, BTW. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 13:00, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
			::::Somehow I think they will be back. I hope I am proved wrong..............--] (]) 19:51, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
			:::::Of course they will. There's a long view that I'm seeing............ can you see it? I bet you can ;-). --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 02:15, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
			== Your thoughts? ==
			] has a discussion about ]. Two editors are discussing it, but we have divergent views. More opinions would be helpful. - <span style="color:#D70270;background-color:white;">Sum</span><span style="color:#734F96;background-color:white;">mer</span><span style="color:#0038A8;background-color:white;">PhD</span><sup>]</sup> 13:23, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
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			I've sent you one. — <small><span class="nowrap" style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:1px;"><b>]</b> : ]</span></small> 20:59, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
			:Got it ]. Replied. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 02:06, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
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			Time for a 15 year society eh? Happy New Year to you all. ] (]) 14:53, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
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			:Santa? --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 01:59, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
			== Wikipediocracy and COI ==
			I thought I'd try to start a discussion here on my talk, ], in the hopes that we can keep it on-topic and not-so-silly. Coretheapple, you are not welcome on my talk page.
			Alison is a "co-founder" of WO in the same sense I am: we participated in an email discussion about whether to set it up, how to avoid some problems that made ] fail, etc. We were also among the first people to get accounts there, and we both have "advanced permissions" on the website.
			Neither Alison or I have anything at stake in Wikipediocracy's success or failure, and therefore neither of us has a "conflict of interest" in the normal (i.e. non-wiki-lawyer) sense of the expression.
			I put my name of the template because I'm ''interested'' in Wikipediocracy as a participant and fan (as is ], of course), but arguably no more ''interested'' than Mr. Coretheapple, which is why I added his name as well. The point is that none of us should be listed in the template, or all of us.
			If you didn't mean to kick the hornet's nest here, I'm sorry if it's been a source of stress or annoyance. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 00:17, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
			:I saw some of this discussion elsewhere - and I just don't understand the fuss. The two sites serve different purposes; and even if they have a thread in common, they aren't competitors. It all seems like a tempest in a teapot to me. — <small><span class="nowrap" style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:1px;"><b>]</b> : ]</span></small> 01:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
			::WP is policed by a bunch of power-obsessed anal retentives. Nothing more needs to be said. ] ] 02:15, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
			It looks like this discussion may already be off-topic, into silly name calling, etc. So, I will only leave one comment and ask you to think on it: We should disclose to the readers about that article, those who declare founder with advance permissions status - that ''is'' information about the subject, and about the article. If you want to discuss this comment further, you are invited to my talk page. ] (]) 14:30, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
			:::Just saw the ping. I agree with Alanscottwalker and have nothing to add. ] <small>(] • ])</small> 14:25, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
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			I look forward to seeing you keep your "If someone brings abuse to my attention, I'll note them above" promise.
			While your claim of no abuse of tools is demonstrably false, a claim of no ''recent'' abuse of tools would be fair an accurate. I don't think there has been any abuse of tools in the last five years. --] (]) 21:45, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
			:Thanks, I'll put those in when I have time to look over them. --]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>]</sup>✌ 11:45, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
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			== Administrators' newsletter – January 2018 ==
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			:* A ] is in progress to determine whether the ] should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at ] and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey results ]. The ] will investigate and address the top ten results.
			:* The Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting comments on ] for development in early 2018. Feedback can be left on ] or ].
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* Following the ], the following editors have been (re)appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{noping|Alex Shih}}, {{noping|BU Rob13}}, {{noping|Callanecc}}, {{noping|KrakatoaKatie}}, {{noping|Opabinia regalis}}, {{noping|Premeditated Chaos}}, {{noping|RickinBaltimore}}, {{noping|Worm That Turned}}.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – February 2018 ==
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* An RfC ] with a consensus that candidates at ] must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a ] or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
			:* Editors ] can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using ]. If you don't have email enabled on Misplaced Pages, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* A ] ] automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by ].
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* The Arbitration Committee ] a change to the ] which requires administrators to add a ] ] when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – March 2018 ==
			] from the past month (February 2018).
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			:{{small|{{dagger}} Lourdes ] that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.}}
			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* The ] (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read ].
			:* Community ban discussions ] for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
			:* A change to the administrator inactivity policy ]. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
			:* A change to the banning policy ] which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered ''de facto'' banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* CheckUsers ] to view private data such as IP addresses from the ], e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
			:* The edit filter has ] <code>contains_all</code> that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* Following the ], the following users are our new stewards: {{noping|-revi}}, {{noping|Green Giant}}, {{noping|Rxy}}, {{noping|There'sNoTime}}, {{noping|علاء}}.
			] '''Obituaries'''
			:* ] (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Misplaced Pages in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – April 2018 ==
			] from the past month (March 2018).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity ] to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
			:* Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are ] by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
			:* The ] has been substantially rewritten following the closure of ]. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
			:* The six-month ] (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has ]. A ] is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* There will soon be a ] at ], making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* The Arbitration Committee ] a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at ] or ] prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at ].
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* A ] which concluded that administrators are not required to ], though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
			:* The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the ]. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – May 2018 ==
			] from the past month (April 2018).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely ].
			:* A ] which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.
			] '''Technical news''' {{anchor|technews}}
			:* ] has received numerous improvements, including an ], ], ability to ], and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new <code>equals_to_any</code> function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to ]. This information is currently only available to those with access to ].
			:* When blocking anonymous users, a ] that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only ].
			:* The block notice shown on mobile will soon ] and point users to a on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on ].
			:* There will soon be a ] at ], making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* The Arbitration Committee ] to help with the arbitration process.
			] '''Obituaries''' {{anchor|obituaries}}
			:* {{noping|Lankiveil}} (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Misplaced Pages on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Misplaced Pages and as president of Wikimedia Australia.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – June 2018 ==
			] from the past month (May 2018).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* Following a ], administrators are now able to add and remove editors to the ]. Users in the event coordinator group have the ability to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit. Users will no longer need to be in the ] if they are in the event coordinator group.
			:* Following an ], all pages with content related to ] and ], broadly construed, are now under indefinite ].
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* IP-based ] should be ] to English Misplaced Pages in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
			:* The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build ] in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at ].
			:* There is ] on ] to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
			:* It is ] for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* A ] with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Misplaced Pages (i.e. ]) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Misplaced Pages between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* In early May, an ] was observed. The WMF that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Misplaced Pages policy, administrators ]. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling ]. A ] can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – July 2018 ==
			] from the past month (June 2018).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* An ] closed with a consensus to change the wording of ]. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at ] if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the ] outlined in the deletion policy.
			:* A ] closed with a consensus that the {{tl|promising draft}} template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a ] speedy deletion nomination.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an ] that will ] to a new ] user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Misplaced Pages. For more information, please review the ].
			:* ] has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Misplaced Pages. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon (]) in your editing toolbar (or under the ] in the ]). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates.
			:* IP-based ] should be ] to English Misplaced Pages in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* Currently around 20% of admins have enabled ], up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider ]. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate ] by ensuring your password is ] and unique to Wikimedia.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – August 2018 ==
			] from the past month (July 2018).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* After ], a new user group called "]" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like ] and ], or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by ]. ] to establish details for implementing the group on the English Misplaced Pages.
			:* Following a ], the ] style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to ] should only be made as per the ]. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* The WMF ] is seeking input on the ] for the ] redesign that will introduce ]. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – September 2018 ==
			] from the past month (August 2018).
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			] '''Administrator changes'''
			:] ''None''
			:] ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ]
			:] {{noping|Optimist on the run}} → {{noping|Voice of Clam}}
			] '''Interface administrator changes'''
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* Following ], six users have temporarily been made ] while ] for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide ] and ] 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 ] 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 ] variables ]. 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 ]. They have a note which says <code>Deprecated. Use ... instead</code>. An example is <code>article_text</code> which is now <code>page_title</code>.
			:* Abuse filters ] how old a page is. The variable is <code>page_age</code>.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of ]. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the ], 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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			== Administrators' newsletter – October 2018 ==
			] from the past month (September 2018).
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			] '''Interface administrator changes'''
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			] '''Oversight changes'''
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* Following a ], the ] has been established. Currently only ], while a ] has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
			:* There is an open ] regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* ] should be available for testing in October on the ] and the . This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
			:* The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to ]. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
			:* Because of ], you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* The Arbitration Committee has, ], amended the ].
			:* The community consultation for ] has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
			:* Following a ], the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
			:* Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are ]. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – November 2018 ==
			] from the past month (October 2018).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* A ] determined that non-administrators will not be able to request ] access.
			:* A ] is in progress to determine whether the ] should be closed and marked as historical.
			:* A ] has been ongoing about whether the ] (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
			:* A ] is in progress to determine whether ] should be applied automatically to ] (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* ] is now available for testing on the ]. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the ] or on ]. A discussion regarding deployment to English Misplaced Pages will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
			:* A ] is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
			:* The ] is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for ] that may be of interest.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the ] starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
			:* The Arbitration Committee's email address ] to ''{{email|arbcom-en|wikimedia.org}}''. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – December 2018 ==
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* Following a ], the ] is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
			:* A ] is in progress to determine whether members of the ] should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
			:* A ] is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
			:* A ] to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to ] in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This ] has been implemented globally. See also ] (]).
			:* To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will <span class="plainlinks"></span> to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
			:* Since deployment of ] on ], several bugs were identified. Most of them . Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and ] on Phabricator or leave feedback on the ]. You can ].
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* Voting in the ] is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review ] and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on ].
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Misplaced Pages. '''If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.''' Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on ]. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
			:* Misplaced Pages policy ]. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling ]. A ] can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.
			] '''Obituaries'''
			:* {{noping|Shock Brigade Harvester Boris}} (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Misplaced Pages as {{noping|Raymond arritt}} on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – January 2019 ==
			] from the past month (December 2018).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* There are a number of new or changed ], each previously part of ]:
			::#''']''' (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (]). This is {{tl|db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in ].
			::#''']''' (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no ]) that have the same name as a file or redirect at ] are now covered under the new R4 criterion (]). This is {{tl|db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
			::#''']''' (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (]). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{tl|db-blankdraft}}.
			:* The Wikimedia Foundation ] all ] to enable ].
			:* Members of the ] (BAG) are ]. 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 ]. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, ]) must have a password <u>at least 10 characters in length</u>. ''All'' accounts must have a password:
			::# At least 8 characters in length
			::# Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the )
			::# Different from their username
			::User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available ].
			:*Blocked administrators ] 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 ] is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
			:*{{tl|Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the ] checkboxes already filled in.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* Following the ], the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{noping|AGK}}, {{noping|Courcelles}}, {{noping|GorillaWarfare}}, {{noping|Joe Roe}}, {{noping|Mkdw}}, {{noping|SilkTork}}.
			] '''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 ], up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider ]. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate ] by ensuring your password is ] and unique to Wikimedia.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – February 2019 ==
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* A ] is currently open to reevaluate the ] for administrators.
			:* Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent ] has amended the ] to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
			:* A ] closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating '']'' as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:*A ] regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of ] is in progress (]). 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 ], where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* Voting in the ] will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The ] of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically to vote.
			:* A new ] is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be .
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			== Administrators' newsletter – March 2019 ==
			] from the past month (February 2019).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:*The RfC on ] failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
			:*Following discussions at ] and ], an earlier change to the ] policy was ]. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* A ] is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:*The Arbitration Committee announced ]. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., ] or ]).
			:**<kbd>{{Nospam|paid-en-wp|wikipedia.org}}</kbd> has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive ].
			:**<kbd>{{Nospam|checkuser-en-wp|wikipedia.org}}</kbd> has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:*Following the ], the following editors have been appointed as stewards: ], ], ], ], and ].
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			== Administrators' newsletter – April 2019 ==
			] from the past month (March 2019).
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			:] {{noping|Mentifisto}} → {{noping|Lofty abyss}}
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			] '''Technical news'''
			:* In ] under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there ] to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a ] link.
			:* The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see ] to provide your input on this idea.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* The Arbitration Committee ] that the ] for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{tl|ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a 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.''''' All admins are strongly encouraged to enable ], please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate ] by ensuring your password is ] and unique to Wikimedia.
			:* As a reminder, according to ], administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a ] (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.
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			== ArbCom 2019 special circular ==
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			|<span style="font-size: 125%;">'''Administrators ] secure their accounts'''</span>
			The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised.
			* Use strong, unique passwords for your Misplaced Pages account and associated email
			* ] if your Misplaced Pages account password or email password is reused on another website, , or weak
			* ] for improved security
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			; Why have I received this message?
			: All administrators are receiving it.
			; What prompted you to send this message?
			: Recently, several Misplaced Pages admin accounts were compromised. The admin accounts were ]. In the past, the Committee often resysopped admin accounts as a matter of course once the admin was back in control of their account. The committee has updated its guidelines. Admins may now be required to undergo a fresh ] after losing control of their account.
			; What do I need to do?
			: Only to follow the instructions in this message.
			:# Check that your password is unique (not reused across sites).
			:# Check that your password is strong (not simple or guessable).
			:# Enable Two-factor authentication (2FA), if you can, to create a second hurdle for attackers.
			; How can I find out more about two-factor authentication (2FA)?
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			== Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular) ==
			ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.
			Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are ] to "have strong passwords and ]." We have ] our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, ] remains an ''optional'' means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.
			We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – May 2019 ==
			] from the past month (April 2019).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* A ] concluded that creating pages in the ] should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
			:* Following a ], the ] for pornographic actors and models (]) was ]; in its place, editors should consult ] and ].
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* , a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: and .
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee ] amending the ] (]). In such cases, {{tq|the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions}}; administrators found failing to have adequately done so {{tq|will not be resysopped automatically}}. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
			:* Following a ], the ] has been amended (]). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* A ] is currently open to amend the ] to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
			:* A ] is currently open for discussion.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – June 2019 ==
			] from the past month (May 2019).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:*An ] seeks to clarify whether ] should include information on just the English Misplaced Pages or any Wikimedia project.
			:*An ] concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
			:*An ] to make the ] (TfD) process more like the ] (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:*The CSD feature of ] now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your ]: look for ''Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria''.
			:*Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:*The ] unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was ] and has taken place.
			:*The ] produced a ] and has entered ].
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			== Administrators' newsletter – July 2019 ==
			] from the past month (June 2019).
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			] '''Administrator changes'''
			:] ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • {{noping|Floquenbeam}}<sup><small>1</small></sup> • ] • {{noping|Fram}}<sup><small>2</small></sup> • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ]
			::<sup><small>1</small></sup><small>{{noping|Floquenbeam}}'s access was ], then ], then ].</small>
			::<sup><small>2</small></sup><small>{{noping|Fram}}'s access was ], then ], then ].</small>
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* A ] seeking to alleviate pressures on the ] process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the ] on request to new ACC tool users.
			::*In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the ] completed.
			:* The scope of ] has ] such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
			:* The scope of ] has ] to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
			:* A ] seeks to determine whether ] should be a policy page or an information page.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:* The Wikimedia Foundation's ] plans to design and build a ] to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) ] to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Misplaced Pages on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop {{noping|Fram}}. This action has resulted in ], a ] (]), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an ].
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			== Administrators' newsletter – August 2019 ==
			] from the past month (July 2019).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:* Following a ], the page ] has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
			:* A ] (]) is in progress regarding the ].
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* Editors ] the template {{tl|Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that ] are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to ] them.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:*Following a ] on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to ]. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the ].
			:*The ] is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at ], but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing ] that appears every two months, and/or putting ] on your watchlist.<p>Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights ] at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – September 2019 ==
			] from the past month (August 2019).
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			] '''Technical news'''
			:* Editors using the mobile website on Misplaced Pages can opt-in to new ] via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
			:* The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) ] two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:* A ] is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the ] and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:* A ] is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify ] across all public Wikimedia wikis.
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			== Administrators' newsletter – October 2019 ==
			] from the past month (September 2019).
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			] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			:*Following ], a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: ], which {{tq|applies if the category contains ''only'' an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories}}.
			] '''Technical news'''
			:*As ], tighter ] for Administrators were put in place last year. Misplaced Pages should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.
			] '''Arbitration'''
			:*The ] has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
			:*The ] {{noping|Fram}} was ]. While there will be a local RfC {{tq|focus on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future}}, there is currently a global ] in response to the ]. It will be open until October 30th.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
			:*The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and ].
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			== Administrators' newsletter – November 2019 ==
			] from the past month (October 2019).
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			:* The ] was ]. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being {{tq|the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted}} rather than {{tq|reasonably construed}}.
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			:*The ] now provides links to view diffs of deleted revisions (]).
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			:*] now ] administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection {{tq|any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a ] or ]}}, to be logged at ].
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			:*By ], ] have been temporarily ] {{tq|for all pages relating to the ] (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes)}}. The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
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			:*A ] has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in ].
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			:* Editors ] expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to ].
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	== Are you around? ==
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	? If so, you may wish to watch the Sarah Palin article a little more closely - there was an edit war a couple of days ago, since moved to the talk page where mediation seems to be proceeding well. You haven't made an appearance so I'm pinging you here in case you're around, but missed it. ]<sup>]</sup> 19:17, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
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	:And now I've banned Ferrylodge for one week, as he seems determined to derail the discussion in order to discuss some edits ''he'' wants to make, and has chosen not to wait. Emailing you also. ]<sup>]</sup> 10:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
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	(undent)Judging by his contribution history, SBJohnny is not around. You stated at the article talk page: "GreekParadise wishes to include mention of the Knik Arm Bridge, as that explains an otherwise unexplained 200 mil, almost half the sum in question. GP feels it is unbalanced, misleading, and poor writing to explain half the money and one bridge, and leave out the other half and the other bridge." You also opined:
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	<blockquote>It appears the primary argument for is that the bill included both bridges and half the money was for the KAB. Can everyone concede that this is a valid point? We're talking about what, around 424 mil, and then we start talking about 240 mil with nary a mention of what happened to the other 200 mil - that could indeed be confusing.</blockquote>
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	My suggested edits were on precisely this topic. They clarified that the Gravina earmark was separate from the Knik earmark according to reliable sources. Your block is an abuse of admin tools. I suggest that you seek assistance from another admin.] (]) 16:15, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::Nope, I haven't been around: it's ] and ] season, and a bit busy at ] as well :-). Looks like I might today though... what happened? --] | <sup>]</sup> 08:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	Thanks for your message. I would have emailed you, but KC already had done that, so it seemed unnecessary. I'll pop you an email now, though.] (]) 14:46, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::: Dear me, is the barn on high ground I hope? ]<sup>]</sup> 15:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	Good luck in your mediation, you three. Hopefully some fruitful discussion takes place, parties can come to terms and find common ground, and we can all come out on the other end better as a result. Thank you for your efforts, SB. Mahalo. --] 17:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:May I join in these nice wishes, and hope for a fruitful outcome where all come out happier and better. One point, though. Undoing Ferrylodge's ban will give Ferrylodge a license to disrupt any mediation in future, wasting the time and effort of experienced mediators. Which, from past episodes, I'm sure s/he will exploit to the tedious utmost. All in good faith, of course. . . ], ] 18:01, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:::Good. And I sincerely hope that you'll ensure that Ferrylodge doesn't arrange any more diruptive changes of topic on talk pages of articles under mediation. Best wishes, ], ] 19:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::::Well, he didn't sign up to be my meatpuppet or anything. Aspiring to the ideal is good, as long as you don't expect to actually reach it. It's all a matter of assuming good faith :-). --] | <sup>]</sup> 19:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:::::Now, now, I fully accept that you're competent and will reinstate the ban or block Ferrylodge at the first sign of renewal of the problems that started this. And I certainly do appreciate your good faith in all this. All the best, ], ] 19:46, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	* don't forget to log this at ] - week long ban rescinded by request; indef article ban implemented by SB Johnny. ]<sup>]</sup> 19:45, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	This is the place to put it! --] | <sup>]</sup> 20:28, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::Thanks Johnny. I can't advise myself, so will say no more here for now.] (]) 20:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::::More like ]s this time of year :-). How would you like to move forward? --] | <sup>]</sup> 15:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:::::Hi John. I'm not chomping at the bit to make any article edits at the article in question, but it would be nice to be able to do so. I don't see how I was disruptive at the article, since I did revert everthing that I was asked to revert. Honestly, if there was a freeze in effect at the time of those edits of mine, it was not well-publicized, and I'm still unclear about where that freeze was announced at the talk page. The edits themselves (that I reverted) were pretty straightforward. As KC has said, the first paragraph of the section is not fully supported by the cited source (which only discusses one bridge and not two, and discusses a 200 mil. earmark and not a 400 mil. earmark), but I'm totally willing to let that section remain in deep-freeze without trying to edit it before the editor's note is removed from the source-code.] (]) 15:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:::::I don't see anything on the page at all declaring a freeze, tbh. That's why I had asked before if I was missing something. If the section needs revising, please discuss it on the talk page first to avoid undue hooplahs. Since nobody seems overly interested in discussing your ban, we'll just go by what we discussed earlier and lift it soon. Just try to be very conservative about making changes, and for Pete's sake don't make edits to sections under active discussion on the talk page! --] | <sup>]</sup> 16:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
	::::::Sounds good, generally speaking.] (]) 17:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
	::::::However, per ], "Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons—whether the material is negative, positive, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion."] (]) 21:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
	:::::::Well, the essence of the wiki is that many hands make light work. For the time being, it's probably better to just stay active on the talk where you'll have both hands available. Typing is difficult when one hand is busy keeping alligators at bay, eh? --] | <sup>]</sup> 23:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
	::::::::Sure, I'm not planning any article edits, and don't intend to monopolize the article. As you know, I only edited the article on three days in March, one in February, and three in January, and some of that was reverting vandals. The less I edit that article, the happier I'll be.] (]) 23:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
	::One note, FL. Just try and keep the repetition to a minimum. Stating the same thing with the same sources in lots of different places seems to be part of people's issues regarding your discussion habits. If you just refrain from feeling the need to respond to every comment on the talk page, things will work out better for you. Sometimes, discussion evolves very slowly, so it's okay to let a question or two go unanswered for a little while. And obviously, remember to remain civil. Outbursts like the one you had on your talk page won't be tolerated for long. Thanks FL, SB. --] 18:04, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
	:::Sounds good, thanks Ali'i.] (]) 18:46, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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	B-b-but. I must admit I’m a little mystified by the invitation to participate in some sort of Ferrylodge reëducation program.
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	We all, ahem, mess up from time to time in Wikiland. We know the errors of our ways. Doesn't it rather insult FL’s considerable (and often exasperating) intelligence to pretend he needs to stand in the corner and have his shortcomings pointed out, Red Guards-style, by his fellow contributors?
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	If for the good of the WP community, how can dumbing-down the community be good for it?
			] from the past month (December 2022).
	If for the good of FL, I refer back to para 2 above: if his behaviour is at fault there's nothing you – we – can say about it that a fellow with his smarts doesn’t already know.
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	Just curious, because I'd have thought it would be enough to chuck a pail of water over both parties and move on. After all, you appear to have the bad boy on a tight leash and in fact (jeez, this will infuriate him!) he’s really pretty harmless. OK, maybe not that pretty :~).
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	Anyway, thanks for your generally excellent work around here. I'm sure most if not all of the SP squad are glad of it. ] (]) 18:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:What's the SP squad? The goal here (for my part) is to figure out how the ban came about, and more importantly how to prevent a recurrence... taking into account the odd wikilaws, wikipolitics, and underlying wikidramas that may be at play. Nothing punitive involved, just a lot of emailing :-). Things shouldn't have gotten to the point where they did, but I've had quite a few knots to untangle. As one of those crazy people who climbs around trees with a chainsaw and long ropes, I'm definitely against leaving tangles untangled before climbing in. --] | <sup>]</sup> 23:35, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::Thanks Writegeist, I much appreciate your comment. For the non-anglophiles out there, the phrase "on a hiding to nothing" is defined . Cheers (or cheerio). :-) ] (]) 18:14, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
	::And SP probably stands for "Sarah Palin".] (]) 23:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
	:::Oh, duh :-). Thanks for the dopeslap. --] | <sup>]</sup> 23:40, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
	::::Thx SBJ. Dang that job must be fun. There's a TV reality series about you lunatics. Shot in Oregon, I think, if that's where all males over the age of 16 are required by law to wear thick beards and thick plaid shirts and carry fully fuelled chainsaws at all times. No wonder you're so mellow. To you, SP is just a quiet, soothing place to rest up after a day of high-altitude mayhem. FL, thx for providing the translation :~). ] (]) 00:05, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
	:::::Lol. ], not lumberjack :-). Only do it a couple days a week anymore, as I'm a bit over the hill for a climber. Can't really say it's stressful, but it gives the body a good beating. --] | <sup>]</sup> 00:50, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
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	==Other Editors that helped create the Election version of Sara Palin==
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	How do I inform the following editors that there is an important discussion relating to Sar Palin at her talk. The editors are; Steven_J_Anderson, Sitedown, Appraiser, Atom, BenBurch, jossi, SWAT Jester, Ron John, sheffield steel, Aruhnka, Aunt Entropy, Phlegm Rooster, JamesMLane. TVoz, Factcheckeratyourservice, Spiff1959, Bobblehead, Parsecboy, Neutralis, Aprock, LamaLoLeshaLa, Eric the Red, Rktect, Wikidemon, Writegeist, Evbwiki,jcdenton, and probably another dozen that Ive forgotten. I don't want to be accused of canvassing but this is important.--] (]) 00:46, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:Hi Buster. I hope SB Johnny will get a chance to reply to your question soon. In the mean time, please don't do it. Hundreds of editors were involved, and so picking only a few of them would be a big problem as far as canvassing is concerned. See ].] (]) 09:39, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:Ayup, probably not a good idea, and will almost certainly end up on a noticeboard. I did a ], and among other things, found that there's ''always'' been heated discussions going on on the talk page, at least for the past couple years.
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	:Aside from that, the top 20 and don't seem to match your list. If I were you, I'd just let people learn via their watchlists. --] | <sup>]</sup> 12:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
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	GP et al seem to delight in making a substantially inaccurate claim and challenge on multiple pages. Ought I ignore all of them? Especially when I furnish in several places cites for my "lies"? Thanks! ] (]) 15:32, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:Well, do you think it likely that engaging with him in that manner will be constructive and lead to a resolution? If not, then yes, just imagine it's raining and act like a duck. --] | <sup>]</sup> 15:52, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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	In order to not end up biased I think we need to address ]. Here's some history but there's more. The talk page is strewn with it.
			] from the past month (January 2023).
	Outing by IP
	http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Talk:Smiley_face_murders&diff=next&oldid=283673752
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	Outing by Boyinthemachine
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	Outing in edit summary - (removed previous IP outing suggesting it may be valid)
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	IP outing including address
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	Gwen originally asked for this but I think she went to bed (I don't know, just that now you are answering and she's not). I don't know if this is actionable (I'm pretty sure it is) but it's there, just to keep things in balance. ] (]) 13:30, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:Looks like SPA if nothing else. Not blocking yet in case he wants to bring the issue to a noticeboard and do it the right way. You warned him, so if he continues, he'll get the block. --] | <sup>]</sup> 13:40, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::Bed? I wish! It's the middle of the afternoon here! :O ] (]) 13:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
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	Please take the time to make your voice be heard. Thank you. ] (]) 14:59, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
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	There seems to be overwhelming community support for: ], except for #4, what is the next step? ] (]) 09:06, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::Saw it. I get the impression JM doesn't support it though (he's open to mediation of some sort, but perhaps not to the <s>4</s> 3 rules? --] | <sup>]</sup> 12:57, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::: Hi Johnny. See my comment at;
			*The arbitration case '']'' has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
	:::* ]<br />(an oppose, toward the end, hopefully)
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	::: I'd be glad to talk this through with someone. You said something about two limited editing periods a day and this likely means email, as I'm 11,000 miles from where you commons page says you are. I live in ], which is 12 hours ahead of you. Please note that Ikip, above, is rather partisan here. This is part of a huge sprawling mess called E&C; surely you've seen it. Cheers, ] 15:45, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
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	Johnny and KC, I need your help...badly. On my talk page, I have posted something I wish to post on the Sarah Palin talk page. I know it's critical of individual editors, but I've given up any hope of compromise.
			] from the past month (February 2023).
	My goal is not to rile people up. My goal is to use wikipedia policies to allow some notable, verified material that is admittedly critical of some choices Palin has made as Governor, on the site, along with all the material that praises her choices (even though some of it, like her being on the track team in high school is, I think, far from notable).
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	And this hold-up is stymying the entire bio. Those who oppose me admit that they don't want things in the bio that are "just political rhetoric" (as Paul put it), even if true, verified, notable, and well-sourced. I was even willing to put the material in a footnote, but I don't think it's fair to hide it from the bio entirely.
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	1) Is it OK if I post what I wrote on my Talk Page on the Sarah Palin Talk Page?
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	2) Can I at least add a POV tag to the article until the controversy is resolved? That may encourage compromise where there presently isn't any now. And it's fair, because the current version is not NPOV. (In fact it weirdly mentions both bridges and doesn't say what the second bridge is.) I can't even get into the entire bridge campaign paragraph that Collect deleted months ago without talk page discussion, because, after six weeks, we can't get past the first paragraph of the bridge section! Much less the other stuff in the bio...
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	KC, you tried to mediate this, but I haven't seen you in awhile. I've given up any hope of doing this without some formal procedure. What's next?
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	Should I just go away? I frankly have better things to do and we're going nowhere.] (]) 16:03, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:<b>We've all quit. We all agree compromise is impossible. Those of us working on the Bridge Project have officially given up and admit defeat</b>. There is no point in us repeating the same arguments again and again <i>ad infinitim</i>. I believe that dozens of accurate, verified sources should trump original research even if others believe the sources to be unfairly critical of Palin or the Knik Arm Bridge. Others, disagreeing with the conclusions of the verified research, believe these facts should not be included in the bio, no matter how qualified with facts demonstrating the opposing view. All those who agreed to compromise have backed off. We have tried for six weeks and no one thinks compromise is possible. I would like formal arbitration. How precisely does that happen? And is it OK with you if I place a non-neutral POV tag on the section pending that arbitration? I have sent a note to KC as well.] (]) 04:47, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
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	The article you created, ] has been redirected to soil life. Thought you should know. --] (]) 15:03, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
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	In my experience, Collect is selective about when he's into keeping an article lean. In the Joe the Plumber, and Helen Jones Kelley article, he was keen on keeping as much detail as possible, even to the point of adding a special section in the the latter article with selected (negative) editorials.
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	Recently there was a good faith effort to create page dedicated to a controversy around searches into a driver's license DB. Two separate articles were repeating the same info, and User Ism Schism tried to solicit condensing the content and having a main article wikilink. Collect fought it.
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	:I'm not serving as a mediator for him, so please just keep this all on the RfC. Thanks. --] | <sup>]</sup> 18:17, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
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	== RfC Collect ==
			] from the past month (March 2023).
	Would you care to lead the discussion? It seems those involved respect you and your decision making and it would allow for the ugly stuff to be kept to a minimal. I'm just asking if you're interested (and if this is really usual procedure) and if the answer is yes I'll put something up on the RfC. ] (]) 18:06, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:Uy. I rarely participate in those things, so no, I don't think I'd want to "lead" it. They're really supposed to be self-organizing community discussions anyway, and they're not a place where sanctions will be decided in any case. Cool heads generally prevail in the end, but I'm worried at this point that Collect is feeling a bit ganged up upon, which regardless of the right or wrong of it really isn't going to help the community to reach a satisfactory solution. I sent him a note asking him not to comment in a heated moment, and hopefully the others will calm down a bit once they've blown off their steam a bit. --] | <sup>]</sup> 18:16, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
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	::I admit I lost my head there for a bit too but having honestly looked through everything (and I mean EVERYTHING lol), I think that his sin was being the common denominator in 1 or 2 edit wars that involved many parties and the people on the opposite side of one or two went after him, then combed his history for other incidents to build up their case (I know Phoenix and Co. was never near DR and Fascism as I was involved in them). Does he need to work on it? Probably. Is he what they make him out to be? I highly doubt it. ] (]) 18:22, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:::Hey tree-man! Thanks for calming the troubled waters with your superhuman Troubled Water Calming Power Ray. But let's get one thing clear: I can out-grump you any time ;~). Herrumph etc. ] (]) 18:51, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
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	Really this is just a general question, but it seems that the Phoenix and others got the RfC started, added Drudge and Fascism, then contacted others involved. This doesn't seem right to me, especially and . Note the times. He only contacted users in the dispute after filing and included items he was not invloved in. Should this be brought and where? I'm not trying to make trouble, it just seems that in that case and especially in the DR, the story has been warped b/c no one involved was contacted before the report was filed. ] (]) 01:47, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:] lays out one person's specific plan. I have pretty good statistical evidence that this "plan" was quite deliberately intended, '''and followed.''' (having a couple of decades experience in this sort of stuff may have helped) Unfortunately, it took a willingness for me to let the moles all appear to show it for what it is. (the person thought it was impossible to find them -- and so it is, until they show themselves!) I regret the innocent folks who believed what the claims were -- but that is also carefully laid out. One premise is that he needed a lot of folks piling on early, and that later folks (not really reading the material) would simply say "ah well -- looks like enough evidence for me" ro unwittingly pile on. Mike Doughney was, apparently, the only one who figured out just how badly he was being used here. ] (]) 22:12, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
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	:Hi Jack. I was AFK yesterday, so didn't get wind of it until after the discussion was closed. Unless there's another one open somewhere?
			* The '']'' case has been closed.
	:Anyway, pretty busy this week, so not much in the way of keyboard time. --] | <sup>]</sup> 12:41, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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Archive 1 (up to December, 2006) archive #2 archive #3 archive #4 (March '08-Feb '09) archive #5 (March '09-May '09) #7 (to March 2012)

Perhaps this

I had seen a question asked about a tool. Perhaps this would help.

Wizardman also may know of additional tools, I know he has helped me with some CCI stuff in the past. — Ched :  ?  20:52, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that will help for the next one (Hex got a positive ID on that article and removed the section). BTW, let me know if you run across any more like that (articles sent to AfD for using the old "sources" section rather than the cite templates)... I'm still following that hunch. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 11:37, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Lifting the Gibraltar DYK restrictions

A couple of months ago, you opposed a proposal to lift the restrictions on Gibraltar-related DYKs, which were imposed in September 2012. Could you possibly clarify (1) under what conditions you would support a lifting of the restrictions, and (2) when you think it would be appropriate to lift the restrictions? Prioryman (talk) 20:08, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Could you link to the discussion please? --SB_Johnny | ✌ 14:01, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Did you know/Gibraltar-related DYKs, in the first collapsed box. Prioryman (talk) 22:39, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Is there a current discussion somewhere? --SB_Johnny | ✌ 13:27, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

No. Prioryman (talk) 07:44, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Question

Hi, Am I a qualifying contributor, I mean to get paid, if I am one of the winners? Thanks. 76.126.142.59 (talk) 02:12, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

You mean if you're not logged in? I don't know, but I'll pass the question along. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 08:51, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, it is what I meant, but surely, if Misplaced Pages considers me a qualifying contributor, Wikipediocracy should too. By the by have you ever considered nominating the article for DYK? 76.126.142.59 (talk) 13:33, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Nothing firm yet, but if you're in this for the money, I think you should create an account. Misplaced Pages doesn't charge anything for making accounts, last I checked ;-). --SB_Johnny | ✌ 22:09, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Of course I am in for the money mostly because it is fun to get payed for criticizing Misplaced Pages on Misplaced Pages. Yes, creating an account is free, but it is a hassle. I would not like to be attached to a user name, I prize my freedom. Besides I've already made most additions to the article as IP. 76.126.142.59 (talk) 00:07, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Well, it says right there on the board: "Candidates for this prize will be registered Misplaced Pages user accounts" (italicized on the board). I get the impression that they're not interested in changing that rule, so not much more I can do for you. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 10:21, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

AE nit-picking

Yeah, you probably shouldn't be commenting in the uninvolved administrator section on that case. Someone is bound to blow a gasket. ;) --The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 01:53, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't see why... I have absolutely no interest in Scientology, though I'm aware that it's been a contentious topic on WP. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 13:55, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

I meant because of the specific article that was under discussion, but I guess it no longer matters.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 16:01, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Well, I'm not really all that involved in the article either. I'm interested as a reader, of course, but I don't have any particular stake in it as an "editor", much less as an "admin". --SB_Johnny | ✌ 19:02, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Added to the wikipedia controversies article

Just letting you know so I can get the reward . Cheers, nerdfighter 00:52, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

User:Qworty

Please note: User talk pages User talk pages are rarely protected, and are semi-protected for short durations only in the most severe cases of vandalism from IP users. Users whose talk pages are semi-protected should have an unprotected user talk subpage linked conspicuously from their main talk page to allow good faith comments from non-autoconfirmed users.

"Give it a rest" isn't a valid reason for protecting a user's talk page. Please undo your action or be prepared to explain why you took it upon yourself to make up new rules at WP:ANI. Rklawton (talk) 23:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

It's a perfectly valid reason per IAR (and in is case perhaps BLP as well). Leaving the poor guy be for a couple of days is the right thing to do, and hopefully can helm lower the drama level. I'm sure the wiser heads at AN/I will agree. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 23:45, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Rklawton (talk) 00:41, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

2013 Philadelphia Wiki-Picnic: Saturday, June 22

	Philadelphia's Great American Wiknic at Penn Park
	You are invited to the Philadelphia edition of the Great American Wiknic taking place in Penn Park, on Saturday, June 22, 2013! We would love to see you there!--User:Ocaasi (talk)|}}

Howdy

You know, I had no idea that you were an admin here? Neato. — Scott • talk 10:34, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Evidence phase open - Manning naming dispute

Dear SB Johnny.

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GLAM Cafe invitation

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Re Eric's talk page

I appreciate your judgement. It needed to be blocked for a short time to allow cooling off, 24 hours was too long but your timing was perfect. Worm(talk) 08:04, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

De nada. That's why you keep us old timers around hovering well over the fray, right? --SB_Johnny | ✌ 12:20, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

FYI

your post was reverted by user:demiurge1000, but I have no idea why. 24.4.37.209 (talk) 15:36, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Ramtha's School of Enlightenment

Hi SB Johnny. I saw your comment on the Ramtha's discussion page and have added a summary of the key points from the longer message. You can see that on the discussion page. I hope you're still willing to be a helpful interloper. Calstarry (talk) 17:38, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

What's in a name?

Ya know, I'd been meaning to ask you what the significance of your user name is. — Scott • talk 14:49, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Hortibox

Template:Hortibox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. eh bien mon prince (talk) 19:40, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Precious

cultivating trust
Thank you, "Oldtimer" interested in "horticulture, landscape architecture, philosophy, and history", for cultivating plant stubs, real life ("spend time doing something more satisfying") and trust, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Aw, shucks :-). Thanks! --SB_Johnny | ✌ 22:01, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Move Like This
by 28bytes

Adding "move like this, like this move" and the link to "awesomely weird", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:50, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

On the 28th: a blue duck attacks the German Main page, right now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:09, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 708th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Three years ago, you were recipient no. 708 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Six years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:09, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

UT:JIMBO

• (Protection log); 23:09 . . SB Johnny (talk | contribs) changed protection level of User talk:Jimbo Wales‎ ‎ (expires 11:09, 4 January 2014 (UTC))‎ (indefinite) ‎(throttle down, Jimmy has made it pretty clear that he wants IPs to be free to talk on his talk)

Your protection makes it impossible for IPs to edit the page. -mattbuck (Talk) 23:34, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

For 12 hours, I know. It had been set to indefinite a little earlier, so I shortened it. Changed the move permissions too, because Hagger???? ;-) --SB_Johnny | ✌ 23:53, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Move permission seems sensible. -mattbuck (Talk) 00:34, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for taking an interest in this problem. The banned editor is Mbz1. She's very persistent about hopping to new IPs and is seeking a forum for grandstanding. If she returns, please lengthen the protection. I had shortened it previously, but she came right back so I had to re-protect, and used a longer duration. More eyes on the problem is good. Jehochman 01:56, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Well, the problem is that if you set it to "indefinite", you never know when it's "worked", and like I mentioned in the log, Jimmy is a big believer in "IP editing and speech". It's easy enough for you to throw the rope up for another 12 hours if she's causing a major problem, though it's often even easier to skip over the R&B and go right to I. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 02:45, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

FWIW, Jehochman, she says the IP in question isn't her (and is from Germany, etc.), though I agree the style and content certainly resembles hers. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 14:05, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

There're three possibilities: (1) It is her. (2) It is some other editor taking advantage of the situation to act just like her. (3) It's somebody completely unrelated who's acting just like her, but doesn't realize it. Given the lack of trust we have in her, created by her inability to get along with other editors resulting in a ban, and then by her continued violation of editing through her ban, I think her statement has no information value whatsoever. Thank you for keeping an eye on the situation and if there are further similar edits, please respond as you see fit or let me know if you think my response needs to be adjusted so that it would be more effective. I didn't mean to set the protection to indefinite! I had meant to select something like one or two weeks, which is the approximate length of time she's been editing of late. Jehochman 17:04, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm nearly certain that it isn't her (lying isn't one of her faults). She feels rather insulted by you accusing her of being this other person (who she doesn't think resembles her at all), so if you can spare a "sorry about that" for her, she'd appreciate it.

(And yes, Jehochman, I originally thought you had gotten the edit and move protection settings backwards, went to fix that, then realized the problem with having that length of protection on that particular page. We all have our senior moments, despite our youthful appearance and vigor.) ;-) --SB_Johnny | ✌ 23:01, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

I think she feels insulted that I continue to suck air, and nothing I say will have any benefit. My plan is to ignore her. If she stays away for 6 mos she can then try to come back under the standard offer. I won't object. She needs to let go of the past. Jehochman 01:11, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Mbz1 was here. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 01:21, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikiversity

I was wondering if you would like to come back to Wikiversity ;) --Goldenburg111 (talk) 01:28, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Petition

Thank you for that, I've signed. May I suggest that you remove the "Support" from your signature? I worry that people will start adding "Oppose" comments, as if it's an RfC, not a petition. Let them lynch-mob elsewhere. — Scott • talk 23:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Already did, good thinking :-). --SB_Johnny | ✌ 23:41, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Well, we tried. "Dignity", what a joke. — Scott • talk 18:05, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

"I am unaware of any nondisclosure agreements and do not intend to intervene in a staff matter. Given that he was unaware that she was an employee, I'm not sure how much weight to put in that (though something in the signpost seems to suggest that there isn't an NDA, or at least that she's permitted to discuss the issue). --SB_Johnny | ✌ 23:59, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Question About Kww and Phillippe

How did Kww use technical means to force the WMF on the Visual Editor mess? I know that the Visual Editor was not ready for prime time and that WMF, as the employer of the developers, was trying to ram it into production. What did Kww do? Was he heroic? Robert McClenon (talk) 23:06, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

He modified the javascript, iirc, which effectively allowed VE to be disabled (as default?), which is what the WMF (including Philippe in particular) were refusing to do. Whether it's heroic depends on your perspective, I suppose, but the point is that (a) Phillipe and Kww have a history of personal animosity, and (b) this is actually a wider dispute between Phillipe's wing of the WMF and parts of the community that are not at all happy with the WMF. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 14:08, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Feb 11?

You said "See WP:DEADLINE to start. I think it's wonderful that there's a POTD and some DYKs available, but contorting everything else because Jimmy thinks it's a good idea is frankly a bad idea".

That comment really helped me. I've been getting a bit worked up over things, and I really needed to hear the words "WP:DEADLINE". Sometimes when you need to chill, a stranger shows up to say the magic words-- WP:NODEADLINE. So, I wanted to thank you for the advice-- it helped me. --HectorMoffet (talk) 08:50, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Also, I agree we shouldn't push FA at all or "contort" stuff; just on the the stuff we already have that meets our criteria, do you think it's appropriate to schedule them all on a theme day like Feb 11, or should we stagger them across multiple days? your opinion valued. --HectorMoffet (talk) 08:52, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

thanks

Thanks for the kind words :) this isn't the first time I've been mobbed over something where I believed I was primarily in the right, and I'm usually fairly good at dealing with it, the magnitude of this was just a bit more than I expected. The reason I posted a statement of the length that I did was because I had received multiple emails telling me to do so or they'd take it to ANI, and I figured my talk page would be less painful than ANI. Best, Kevin Gorman (talk) 23:56, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Triumph International

Hi SB Johnny. I contribute to Misplaced Pages regularly with a conflict of interest, while following best practices and bringing most articles that qualify up to "Good Article" status to ensure I am meeting a high standard of compliance with Misplaced Pages's content policies.

I'm trying to spread myself around a little more, to avoid the allegation that I have a small posse of favorable editors, which will inevitably occur if I rely too heavily on just 2 or 3 editors, so I thought I would introduce myself and see if you have an interest in chipping in on an article where I am affiliated.

The article is Triumph International. The draft I've prepared is located at User:CorporateM/Triumph. It's been shared on the Talk page and at COIN, but I find even COIN posts often get archived without anything getting done, so I try to ping people individually and find someone willing to chip in.

Let me know if you have the time/interest to take a look. CorporateM (Talk) 15:07, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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Mail

You have mail. Go Phightins! 15:09, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Hello!

I'm just wondering why this was undone?

The reason I protected it was because an editor made socks simply to target Jimbo. When they made one of their socks, they said that they were simply going to keep creating accounts to target his page. As indeed they did.--5 albert square (talk) 05:39, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

See here. 12 days was way too long. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 08:22, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

I'm afraid to say that I have learned otherwise in dealing with his talk page. In any case I would have preferred that you'd have at least pinged me in the message that you left on Jimbo's talk page, if not left a message on my own talk page about it. All the best.--5 albert square (talk) 20:36, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

I figured you'd see it, didn't see the point in "calling you out" about it. I just re-protected for another 12 hours, BTW. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 13:00, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Somehow I think they will be back. I hope I am proved wrong..............--5 albert square (talk) 19:51, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Of course they will. There's a long view that I'm seeing............ can you see it? I bet you can ;-). --SB_Johnny | ✌ 02:15, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Your thoughts?

Timeline of Philadelphia has a discussion about selection and inclusion criteria. Two editors are discussing it, but we have divergent views. More opinions would be helpful. - SummerPhD 13:23, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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Motion passed in AE arbitration case granting amnesty and rescinding previous temporary injunction

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email

I've sent you one. — Ched :  ?  20:59, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Got it Ched. Replied. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 02:06, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Ten Year Society

Dear SB Johnny,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Misplaced Pages project for ten years or more.

Best regards,  — Scott • talk 10:45, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Time for a 15 year society eh? Happy New Year to you all. Peter Damian (talk) 14:53, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Guess who%27s back!!!!

] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.239.103.66 (talk) 17:26, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Santa? --SB_Johnny | ✌ 01:59, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipediocracy and COI

I thought I'd try to start a discussion here on my talk, Figureofnine, in the hopes that we can keep it on-topic and not-so-silly. Coretheapple, you are not welcome on my talk page.

Alison is a "co-founder" of WO in the same sense I am: we participated in an email discussion about whether to set it up, how to avoid some problems that made Misplaced Pages Review fail, etc. We were also among the first people to get accounts there, and we both have "advanced permissions" on the website.

Neither Alison or I have anything at stake in Wikipediocracy's success or failure, and therefore neither of us has a "conflict of interest" in the normal (i.e. non-wiki-lawyer) sense of the expression.

I put my name of the template because I'm interested in Wikipediocracy as a participant and fan (as is User:Alison, of course), but arguably no more interested than Mr. Coretheapple, which is why I added his name as well. The point is that none of us should be listed in the template, or all of us.

If you didn't mean to kick the hornet's nest here, I'm sorry if it's been a source of stress or annoyance. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 00:17, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

I saw some of this discussion elsewhere - and I just don't understand the fuss. The two sites serve different purposes; and even if they have a thread in common, they aren't competitors. It all seems like a tempest in a teapot to me. — Ched :  ?  01:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

WP is policed by a bunch of power-obsessed anal retentives. Nothing more needs to be said. Eric Corbett 02:15, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

It looks like this discussion may already be off-topic, into silly name calling, etc. So, I will only leave one comment and ask you to think on it: We should disclose to the readers about that article, those who declare founder with advance permissions status - that is information about the subject, and about the article. If you want to discuss this comment further, you are invited to my talk page. Alanscottwalker (talk) 14:30, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Just saw the ping. I agree with Alanscottwalker and have nothing to add. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 14:25, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

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As requested:

In this edit you say

"I'm not seeing any abuse of privileges here, but I'll happily list them if someone can bring them to my attention: If someone brings abuse to my attention, I'll note them above. I can even add more slots if there are more than 5. If not, please consider the lack of evidence to be evidence, since as we all know it's very hard to prove a negative."

Here are three examples:

• 2005 - MH is rebuked for protecting page that they are engaged in an editing dispute over
• 2007 - MH engages in wheelwarring against three other admins.
• 2009 - MH again wheelwars with other admins

Wheel warring is a very serious offense. See WP:WHEEL.

I look forward to seeing you keep your "If someone brings abuse to my attention, I'll note them above" promise.

While your claim of no abuse of tools is demonstrably false, a claim of no recent abuse of tools would be fair an accurate. I don't think there has been any abuse of tools in the last five years. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:45, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll put those in when I have time to look over them. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 11:45, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Misplaced Pages talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Misplaced Pages:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

• When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
• Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Misplaced Pages, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
• The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Misplaced Pages seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Administrator changes

Amortias • Deckiller • BU Rob13

Ronnotel • Islander • Chamal N • Isomorphic • Keeper76 • Lord Voldemort • Shereth • Bdesham • Pjacobi

Guideline and policy news

• A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
• AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
• Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
• The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.

Technical news

• A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Misplaced Pages have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
• Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Misplaced Pages soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
• A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

Administrator changes

TheDJ

Xnuala • CJ • Oldelpaso • Berean Hunter • Jimbo Wales • Andrew c • Karanacs • Modemac • Scott

Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
• The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
• An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
• After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news

• After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
• Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).

Administrator changes

Karanacs • Berean Hunter • GoldenRing • Dlohcierekim

Gdr • Tyrenius • JYolkowski • Longhair • Master Thief Garrett • Aaron Brenneman • Laser brain • JzG • Dragons flight

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
• Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Misplaced Pages forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.

Technical news

• You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
• There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
• Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

Miscellaneous

• Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

Administrator changes

Doug Bell • Dennis Brown • Clpo13 • ONUnicorn

ThaddeusB • Yandman • Bjarki S • OldakQuill • Shyam • Jondel • Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
• Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
• An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.

Technical news

• Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Plantsclean

Template:Plantsclean has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • 03:18, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Copied howto

Template:Copied howto has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • 01:21, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

Happyme22 • Dragons flight

Zad68

Guideline and policy news

• The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

Technical news

• Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
• A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

Miscellaneous

• A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
• A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Misplaced Pages, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
• Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Misplaced Pages – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Misplaced Pages has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

Administrator changes

Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328

Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news

• Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
• A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
• An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news

• LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Misplaced Pages. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
• The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

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MfD nomination of User:SB Johnny/List of fictional expletives

User:SB Johnny/List of fictional expletives, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:SB Johnny/List of fictional expletives and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:SB Johnny/List of fictional expletives during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. North America 03:53, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

Administrator changes

Nakon • Scott

Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

• ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Misplaced Pages talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
• Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

Technical news

• You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
• Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
• In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration

• Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem

Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

• Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
• Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news

• You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration

• Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
• A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

Administrator changes

Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93

Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
• A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
• Following a request for comment, Ritchie333, Yunshui and Ymblanter will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries

• The Misplaced Pages community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

Administrator changes

Joe Roe

JzG

Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news

• Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
• A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous

• Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
• The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Misplaced Pages contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, SB Johnny. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority 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 in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017).

Administrator changes

Muboshgu

Anetode • Laser brain • Worm That Turned

None

Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

Technical news

• The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey results have been posted. The Community Tech team will investigate and address the top ten results.
• The Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting comments on new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools for development in early 2018. Feedback can be left on the discussion page or by email.

Arbitration

• Following the results of the 2017 election, the following editors have been (re)appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Alex Shih, BU Rob13, Callanecc, KrakatoaKatie, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018).

Administrator changes

None

Blurpeace • Dana boomer • Deltabeignet • Denelson83 • Grandiose • Salvidrim! • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
• Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Misplaced Pages, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news

• A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee has enacted a change to the discretionary sanctions procedure which requires administrators to add a standardized editnotice when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018).

Administrator changes

Lourdes†

AngelOfSadness • Bhadani • Chris 73 • Coren • Friday • Midom • Mike V

† Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news

• The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
• Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
• A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
• A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news

• CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
• The edit filter has a new feature contains_all that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2018 Steward elections, the following users are our new stewards: -revi, Green Giant, Rxy, There'sNoTime, علاء.

Obituaries

• Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Misplaced Pages in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2018).

Administrator changes

331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG

Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news

• Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
• Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
• The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
• The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news

• There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous

• A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
• The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018).

Administrator changes

None

Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news

• The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news

• AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new equals_to_any function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
• When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
• The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
• There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.

Obituaries

• Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Misplaced Pages on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Misplaced Pages and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018).

Administrator changes

None

Al Ameer son • AliveFreeHappy • Cenarium • Lupo • MichaelBillington

Guideline and policy news

• Following a successful request for comment, administrators are now able to add and remove editors to the "event coordinator" group. Users in the event coordinator group have the ability to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit. Users will no longer need to be in the "account creator" group if they are in the event coordinator group.
• Following an AN discussion, all pages with content related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed, are now under indefinite general sanctions.

Technical news

• IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Misplaced Pages in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
• There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
• It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration

• A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Misplaced Pages (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Misplaced Pages between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

Miscellaneous

• In early May, an unusually high level of failed login attempts was observed. The WMF has stated that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Misplaced Pages policy, administrators are required to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2018).

Administrator changes

Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor

Gogo Dodo

Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD

Bureaucrat changes

Andrevan • EVula

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
• A request for comment closed with a consensus that the {{promising draft}} template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

Technical news

• Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Misplaced Pages. For more information, please review the FAQ.
• Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Misplaced Pages. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon () in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates.
• IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Misplaced Pages in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.

Miscellaneous

• Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018).

Administrator changes

Sro23

KaisaL • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

• After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Misplaced Pages.
• Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news

• The WMF Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input on the second set of wireframes for the Special:Block redesign that will introduce partial blocks. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018).

Administrator changes

None

Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz

Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

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 Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
• Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

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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Administrators' newsletter – October 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018).

Administrator changes

Justlettersandnumbers • L235

Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter

Interface administrator changes

Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333

Oversight changes

Guerillero • NativeForeigner • Snowolf • Xeno

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the process for appointing interface administrators has been established. Currently only existing admins can request these rights, while a new RfC has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
• There is an open request for comment on Meta regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.

Technical news

• Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Misplaced Pages and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
• The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
• Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
• The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
• Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
• Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).

Administrator changes Sir Sputnik Kudpung • Liz • Lourdes Everyking • Jackmcbarn Interface administrator changes Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes AGK • Ivanvector • Stwalkerster • TonyBallioni Oversight changes Amorymeltzer • Oshwah • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93 Keilana

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment determined that non-administrators will not be able to request interface admin access.
• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the Mediation Committee should be closed and marked as historical.
• A village pump discussion has been ongoing about whether the proposed deletion policy (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether pending changes protection should be applied automatically to today's featured article (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.

Technical news

• Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Misplaced Pages. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Misplaced Pages will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
• A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
• The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
• The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-enwikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.

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ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, SB Johnny. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority 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 in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz

Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike

Interface administrator changes

Deryck Chan

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
• A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
• A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news

• Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
• To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
• Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Misplaced Pages, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous

• In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Misplaced Pages. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
• Misplaced Pages policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries

• Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Misplaced Pages as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes Galobtter Orangemike BorgQueen • Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange Bureaucrat changes Addshore

CheckUser changes Joe Roe • SilkTork Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime Oversight changes AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork 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#G6:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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:

1. At least 8 characters in length
2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
3. 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: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.

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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Administrators' newsletter – February 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).

Administrator changes

Enterprisey • JJMC89

BorgQueen

Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes

Enterprisey

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
• Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
• A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

• A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Misplaced Pages: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.

Miscellaneous

• 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.
• A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Administrator changes Evad37 There'sNoTime Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom Interface administrator changes Evad37 • Galobtter Ritchie333

CheckUser changes There'sNoTime Keegan • Ks0stm Oversight changes There'sNoTime Ks0stm • Sphilbrick

Guideline and policy news

• The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
• Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Misplaced Pages talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news

• A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
  • paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
  • checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).

Administrator changes Reaper Eternal • ThaddeusB Bogdangiusca • Christopher Parham • Necrothesp • Schneelocke • Siroxo • Sarah Mentifisto → Lofty abyss Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius

Bureaucrat changes DeltaQuad Kingturtle

Technical news

• In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.

Miscellaneous

• Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a 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. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
• As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.

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ArbCom 2019 special circular

Administrators must secure their accounts The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised. Use strong, unique passwords for your Misplaced Pages account and associated email Change your password now if your Misplaced Pages account password or email password is reused on another website, exposed, or weak Enable two-factor authentication now for improved security

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Why have I received this message? All administrators are receiving it. What prompted you to send this message? Recently, several Misplaced Pages admin accounts were compromised. The admin accounts were desysopped on an emergency basis. In the past, the Committee often resysopped admin accounts as a matter of course once the admin was back in control of their account. The committee has updated its guidelines. Admins may now be required to undergo a fresh Request for Adminship (RfA) after losing control of their account. What do I need to do? Only to follow the instructions in this message. Check that your password is unique (not reused across sites). Check that your password is strong (not simple or guessable). Enable Two-factor authentication (2FA), if you can, to create a second hurdle for attackers. How can I find out more about two-factor authentication (2FA)? You can find out more about 2FA at m:2FA.

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:39, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:04, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).

Administrator changes HickoryOughtShirt?4 • RexxS Necrothesp Bratsche • Kyle Barbour • Kzollman • Madman Interface administrator changes Pharos

Bureaucrat changes Primefac CheckUser changes Reaper Eternal

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Technical news

• XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

• In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
• Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
• A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).

Administrator changes

Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický

CheckUser changes

Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Misplaced Pages or any Wikimedia project.
• An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
• An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news

• The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
• Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous

• The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
• The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).

Administrator changes

28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam • Flyguy649 • Fram • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe

Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Bureaucrat changes 28bytes • WJBscribe • Wizardman

Interface administrator changes MSGJ • TheDJ

CheckUser changes Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD

Oversight changes Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD • GB fan

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.

• In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.

• The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
• The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
• A request for comment seeks to determine whether Misplaced Pages:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous

• In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Misplaced Pages on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).

Administrator changes Johnuniq • Kosack • Valereee Ad Orientem • Ched • Gadfium • Jonathunder • Nick • Yelyos Bald Zebra • Beetstra • Doug Bell • Journalist • Ruud Koot • Splash • Voice of Clam Interface administrator changes Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes RickinBaltimore Oversight changes Beeblebrox RickinBaltimore

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the page Misplaced Pages:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
• A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.

Arbitration

• Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.

Miscellaneous

• Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
• The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.

  Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019).

Administrator changes

Bradv • Chetsford • Izno

Floquenbeam • Lectonar

DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes

Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Technical news

• Editors using the mobile website on Misplaced Pages can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
• The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Misplaced Pages Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Miscellaneous

• A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Administrator changes Barkeep49 Beetstra • KillerChihuahua • Kusma Arcadian • Extraordinary Machine • Xeno JamesBWatson → JBW Interface administrator changes Evad37

CheckUser changes Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens Oversight changes Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).

Administrator changes GermanJoe • Girth Summit • Kees08 • Nosebagbear DESiegel • GB fan • MSGJ • Voice of Clam • WilyD DeltaQuad • Fang Aili • Pakaran Bureaucrat changes DeltaQuad • Pakaran Interface administrator changes MSGJ

CheckUser changes L235 • Mz7 • SQL • ST47 Ivanvector DeltaQuad Oversight changes L235 • Mz7 • ST47 • Stwalkerster • The Blade of the Northern Lights • Xaosflux DeltaQuad • DGG • Julia W

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.

• The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).

• A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration

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

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019).

Administrator changes

EvergreenFir • ToBeFree

Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes

Beeblebrox

Deskana

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Administrator changes Dreamy Jazz • Newslinger • Rosguill Deor • Spartaz • Xeno Angusmclellan • clpo13 • Edgar181 • Matthewedwards • NCurse

CheckUser changes Bradv • Casliber • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno Oversight changes Bradv • Casliber • DGG • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno Someguy1221

Guideline and policy news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).

Administrator changes Ergo Sum • Nick Moyes • QEDK • Wugapodes Dennis Brown Aude • BrownHairedGirl • CALR • Jengod • John Reaves • J.smith • Kim Dent-Brown • K1Bond007 • MECU • Refdoc • RHaworth

CheckUser changes Opabinia regalis • Premeditated Chaos Interface administrator changes Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Misplaced Pages. 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 Misplaced Pages: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 Misplaced Pages has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

Administrator changes Money emoji Athaenara • DeltaQuad Fishhead64 • Kudpung • Mikaey Bureaucrat changes DeltaQuad

CheckUser changes DeltaQuad Oversight changes DeltaQuad

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
• A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news

• Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
• The 2020 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Ajraddatz and Uzoma Ozurumba; they will serve for one year.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020).

Administrator changes Cabayi • Lee Vilenski Boing! said Zebedee Jonny-mt • MarkGallagher • PeaceNT Money emoji → Moneytrees Bureaucrat changes SilkTork • WereSpielChequers

CheckUser changes NativeForeigner Oversight changes Someguy1221 Daniel Case

Guideline and policy news

• There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.

Technical news

• There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback.

Arbitration

• Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold a Arbcom RfC regarding on-wiki harassment. A draft RfC has been posted at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft) and not open to comments from the community yet. Interested editors can comment on the RfC itself on its talk page.

Miscellaneous

• The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2020).

Administrator changes

Gnangarra • Kaisershatner • Malcolmxl5

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversight changes

HJ Mitchell

Guideline and policy news

• Discretionary sanctions have been authorized for all pages and edits related to COVID-19, to be logged at WP:GS/COVID19.
• Following a recent discussion on Meta-Wiki, the edit filter maintainer global group has been created.
• A request for comment has been proposed to create a new main page editor usergroup.
• A request for comment has been proposed to make the bureaucrat activity requirements more strict.

Technical news

• The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. You can review the proposed design and share your thoughts on the talk page.
• Enterprisey created a script that will show a link to the proper Special:Undelete page when viewing a since-deleted revision, see User:Enterprisey/link-deleted-revs.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment closed with consensus to create a Village Pump-style page for communication with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2020).

Administrator changes

CaptainEek • Creffett • Cwmhiraeth

Anna Frodesiak • Buckshot06 • Ronhjones • SQL

CheckUser changes

SQL

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment asks whether the Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS) should allowed any unblock request or just private appeals.
• The Wikimedia Foundation announced that they will develop a universal code of conduct for all WMF projects. There is an open local discussion regarding the same.

Arbitration

• A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2020).

Administrator changes Malcolmxl5 John • TheCoffee • Tim! Creffett → GeneralNotability DeltaQuad → AmandaNP

CheckUser changes Bbb23 Interface administrator changes TonyBallioni

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is in progress to remove the T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) speedy deletion criterion.

Technical news

• Protection templates on mainspace pages are now automatically added by User:MusikBot II (BRFA).

Arbitration

• Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold an RfC regarding on-wiki harassment. The RfC has been posted at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC and is open to comments from the community.
• The Medicine case was closed, with a remedy authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020).

Administrator changes

Red Phoenix

Euryalus • SQL

Jujutacular • Monty845 • Rettetast • Madchester

Oversight changes

GB fan

Keegan • Opabinia regalis • Premeditated Chaos

Guideline and policy news

• There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
• Speedy deletion criterion T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment.
• Speedy deletion criterion X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion.
• There is a proposal to restrict proposed deletion to confirmed users.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020).

Administrator changes

Eddie891

Angela • Jcw69 • Just Chilling • Philg88 • Viajero

CheckUser changes

SQL

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the minimum length for site ban discussions was increased to 72 hours, up from 24.
• A request for comment is ongoing to determine whether paid editors must or should use the articles for creation process.
• A request for comment is open to resolve inconsistencies between the draftification and alternative to deletion processes.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2020 English Misplaced Pages Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
• An open request for comment asks whether active Arbitrators may serve on the Trust and Safety Case Review Committee or Ombudsman commission.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2020).

Administrator changes

Ajpolino • LuK3

Jackmcbarn

Ad Orientem • Harej • Lid • Lomn • Mentoz86 • Oliver Pereira • XJaM

There'sNoTime → TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment found consensus that incubation as an alternative to deletion should generally only be recommended when draftification is appropriate, namely 1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created.

Technical news

• The filter log now provides links to view diffs of deleted revisions (phab:T261630).

Arbitration

• The 2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place from September 27th to October 7th.
• Following a request for comment, sitting Committee members may not serve on either the Ombuds Commission or the WMF Case Review Committee. The Arbitration Committee passed a motion implementing those results into their procedures.

Miscellaneous

• The Universal Code of Conduct draft is open for community review and comment until October 6th, 2020.
• Office actions may now be appealed to the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2020).

Administrator changes John M Wolfson Bduke • Nilfanion • Philosopher • Rspeer • Yunshui Interface administrator changes Ragesoss TonyBallioni

CheckUser changes EdJohnston • Oshwah • Yamla Yunshui Oversight changes Anarchyte Yunshui

Guideline and policy news

• Community sanctions now authorize administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a sockpuppet account or logged-out sockpuppet, to be logged at WP:GS/PAGEANT.

Technical news

• Sysops will once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to interface administrators when that group was introduced.
• Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a discretionary sanctions block and/or template.
• Sysops will be able to use Special:CreateLocalAccount to create a local account for a global user that is prevented from auto-creation locally (such as by a filter or range block). Administrators that are not sure if such a creation is appropriate should contact a checkuser.

Arbitration

• The 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections process has begun. Eligible editors will be able to nominate themselves as candidates from November 8 through November 17. The voting period will run from November 23 through December 6.
• The Anti-harassment RfC has concluded with a summary of the feedback provided.

Miscellaneous

• A reminder that standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. (American Politics 2 Arbitration case).

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2020).

Administrator changes

Andrwsc • Anetode • GoldenRing • JzG • LinguistAtLarge • Nehrams2020

Interface administrator changes

Izno

Guideline and policy news

• There is a request for comment in progress to either remove T3 (duplicated and hardcoded instances) as a speedy deletion criterion or eliminate its seven-day waiting period.

Technical news

• Voting for proposals in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey, which determines what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year, will take place from 8 December through 21 December. In particular, there are sections regarding administrators and anti-harassment.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 7 December 2020 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

I'm sure there must be a way to respond with emoticons. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 01:49, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).

Administrator changes Hammersoft Andres • Brion VIBBER • Rkitko • Thatcher

CheckUser changes Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek • Primefac Oversight changes Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek Joe Roe

Guideline and policy news

• Speedy deletion criterion T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment.

Technical news

• You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time.

Arbitration

• By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
• Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, BDD, Bradv, CaptainEek, L235, Maxim, Primefac.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).

Administrator changes Hog Farm Mattflaschen • Nandesuka • Savidan • Wangi

CheckUser changes Berean Hunter • Xeno Oversight changes Someguy1221 • Xeno

Arbitration

• The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Misplaced Pages has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).

Administrator changes

TJMSmith

Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

Interface administrator changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
• A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
• A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Misplaced Pages:Page mover/delete-redirect.
• A request for comment asks if sysops may place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
• There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.

Technical news

• When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
• When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
• There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (phab:T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (phab:T275322).

Arbitration

• By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people. Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
• The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).

Administrator changes

Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
• Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news

• When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
• Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)

Arbitration

• A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.

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Cool

Great to see your name back in the mix. Hope you stick around, I always appreciated your views on various threads. — Ched (talk) 03:03, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi Ched! I don't have a lot of free time these days but I'll pop in. --SB_Johnny | ✌ 16:53, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).

Administrator changes

Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes

Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
• The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

Technical news

• The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

Arbitration

• The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.

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Request for peer review help

Hi SB Johnny. I hope you are doing well and staying safe during these times! Apologize to bother and posting a random request. I have just started to work on a stub (Fontainea Venosa)and had added some sections. Knowing your expertise, I would love if you can help me to review and left a comment on what I can do to improve my edits. Would you be able to help me to provide feedback and help me out to add a geographical distribution image in the infobox as it seems to be your expertise? But no pressure if you are busy. That is completely fine and understandable :) Hope to hear from you soon. The article is Fontainea Venosa

Thank you so much :) Sparklingkull (talk) 01:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).

Administrator changes

Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless

Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus was reached to deprecate Misplaced Pages:Editor assistance.
• Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news

• Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration

• After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Administrator changes Trialpears AGK • Eliz81 • Mulad • ThaddeusB • Vianello • Who Lacrimosus → Ikuzaf Interface administrator changes Ragesoss

CheckUser changes AGK • DGG Oversighter changes AGK

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
• An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news

• IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

• The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

Administrator changes BusterD Kees08 • Nickshanks • Protonk • Schissel • Ultraexactzz • Wknight94

CheckUser changes TheresNoTime Oversighter changes TheresNoTime ST47

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news

• Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)

Arbitration

• Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes

Jake Wartenberg

Emperor • Viridian Bovary

Ashleyyoursmile → Viridian Bovary

Guideline and policy news

• Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
• A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
• A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
• A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news

• The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

Administrator changes Blablubbs Alvestrand • Black Falcon • Deathphoenix • Dppowell • Mark Arsten • JGHowes (deceased)

Oversighter changes Callanecc Mkdw Interface administrator changes Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
• Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news

• DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.

Arbitration

• A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
• Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
• The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous

• Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
• The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Twwp-c

Template:Twwp-c has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Here's 28 and did I make a mess? 04:50, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Twwp

Template:Twwp has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Here's 28 and did I make a mess? 04:50, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

Administrator changes Clpo13 Brian0918 • JDoorjam • Karanacs • MrDarcy • Mindspillage Interface administrator changes Evad37

CheckUser changes Dreamy Jazz • Ferret • GeneralNotability • Girth Summit • RoySmith Oversight changes Dreamy Jazz • LuK3

Guideline and policy news

• Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news

• Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

Arbitration

• GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

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ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021).

Administrator changes

A Train • Berean Hunter • Epbr123 • GermanJoe • Sanchom • Mysid

Technical news

• Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. (T284642)
• The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. (T293866)

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).
• The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent.

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Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled

A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:No Copy to Wikibooks

Template:No Copy to Wikibooks has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:28, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Eight years!

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

Administrator changes Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103 Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius

CheckUser changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy Oversighter changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Guideline and policy news

• Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.

• Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration

• Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Cabayi, Donald Albury, Enterprisey, Izno, Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned, Wugapodes.

Miscellaneous

• The functionaries email list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

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How we will see unregistered users

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You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

If you have not seen it before, you can read more on Meta. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can subscribe to the weekly technical newsletter.

We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).

Administrator changes AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh 28bytes Bureaucrat changes 28bytes

Interface administrator changes Evad37 • Galobtter Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

• The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news

• The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
• The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration

• Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
• The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).
• A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).

Administrator changes Modussiccandi BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask

CheckUser changes Callanecc Oversighter changes Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

• A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
• A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

Technical news

• The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Misplaced Pages talk:Talk pages project. (T296645)
• Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020)
• The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389)

Arbitration

• Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

Miscellaneous

• The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
• Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.
• The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

Administrator changes Firefly • Sdrqaz Ad Orientem Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast

Interface administrator changes Evad37

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

Technical news

• Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
• When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

• Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
• A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
• A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

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New administrator activity requirement

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

Administrator changes Colin M David.Monniaux • Fribbler • Grue • Kpjas • West.andrew.g

CheckUser changes Ks0stm Oversighter changes Ks0stm

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
• Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.

Technical news

• The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
• A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.

Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

Administrator changes Tamzin Barek • Darkwind • Geometry guy • ProcseeBot • RoyBoy • Sean Whitton • Valereee • Visorstuff • WAvegetarian Sn0wflake → VersedFenrir

CheckUser changes Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

• Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

Technical news

• Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
• The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Misplaced Pages's biographies of living persons policy.
• An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Administrator changes AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl Drilnoth → AFigureOfBlue Bureaucrat changes Lee Vilenski

Interface administrator changes Nihiltres

Technical news

• user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

Valereee

Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
• An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

• The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
• Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
• Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
• Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:04, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

Administrator changes DanCherek • DatGuy • Femke • Z1720 Aldux • Graham Beards • Nyttend

Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius

Guideline and policy news

• A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
• An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news

• The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Misplaced Pages has been released.
• The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
• The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
• Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

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Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next several days.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:01, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions have been removed.

Subject to certain time limits and other restrictions, your administrative permissions may be returned upon request at WP:BN.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — xaosflux 00:06, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

Administrator changes ScottishFinnishRadish Staxringold Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

Interface administrator changes Cyberpower678 CheckUser changes GorillaWarfare

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
• Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
• Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news

• The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

• Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
• A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
• The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

Miscellaneous

• An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
• You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
• An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
• Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

Administrator changes

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  • Isabelle Belato
  • Whpq
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  • Atama
  • Astronautics~enwiki
  • Athaenara
  • Eddie891
  • GraemeL
  • Marianocecowski
  • Natalya
  • Pratyeka
  • SB Johnny

Interface administrator changes

• TheresNoTime
• Ragesoss

CheckUser changes

• 
  • Blablubbs
  • Firefly
• Joe Roe

Oversight changes

• DGG

Guideline and policy news

• The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
• An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
• The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
• AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.

Miscellaneous

• The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
• You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
• Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like {{rangeblock|create=yes}} or {{uw-ublock|contains profanity}}.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

Administrator changes

• Eddie891
• Euryalus
• TheresNoTime

• Alex.muller
• Excirial
• RedWordSmith
• Ron Ritzman
• TheresNoTime
• Stephen

Interface administrator changes

TheresNoTime

TheresNoTime

CheckUser changes

TheresNoTime

Oversight changes

TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
• The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
• An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news

• A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)

Arbitration

• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
• The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
• The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
• A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add /64 to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

Administrator changes

• ComplexRational
• Extraordinary Writ

Stephen

• Andrew Yong
• Dbenbenn
• DESiegel
• GlassCobra
• Joe Decker
• Nancy
• Pathoschild
• StuffOfInterest
• William Pietri
• Wwwwolf
• Xdamr

Interface administrator changes

Nihiltres

CheckUser changes

Moneytrees

• Ivanvector
• SilkTork

Oversighter changes

• GeneralNotability
• Moneytrees

• Guerillero
• SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

• Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

Arbitration

• Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
• The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
• Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

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

Administrator changes Gimmetrow Bjelleklang Bob the Wikipedian Leithp WhisperToMe 100 inactive admins

CheckUser changes BDD Bradv Donald Albury Maxim MusikAnimal Oversighter changes BDD Bradv Donald Albury Maxim

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
• Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

Technical news

• The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Misplaced Pages.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
• In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
• Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

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

Administrator changes The Wordsmith Fuhghettaboutit Spinningspark (deceased)

CheckUser changes Callanecc Oversighter changes Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
• Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
• A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

Technical news

• The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration

• Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
• The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
• A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous

• The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
• Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
• The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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

Administrator changes Aoidh KillerChihuahua

CheckUser changes Ferret

Guideline and policy news

• A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news

• Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
• The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC 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 Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration

• The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
• A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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