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	Hello Adjwilley. I am concerned about this note Srich recently left on Carolmooredc's talk page:
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	This looks to me like Canvassing or Meatpuppetry with respect to the Arbcom request. Am I mistaken? Thanks. ]] 22:26, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
	:I'm not Adjwilley but I can address this: Yes, you are mistaken. Canvassing is trying to recruit likeminded editors to support one's side. Meatpuppetry is having another editor edit secretly on one's behalf and at one's direction, to avoid scrutiny of one's own edits. In the linked diff, SRich was expressing concern about the length of Carolmooredc's comments at the ArbCom request, and suggesting that she hold off on providing detailed diffs until the case is opened. There is no element of recruitment by SRich; Carolmooredc was already participating at that case request when the comment was made, so it cannot be canvassing. There is no element of secrecy or proxying either: the comment by SRich was made openly on Carolmooredc's talk page and was not couched in terms of doing anything on SRich's behalf, but rather a benign bit of advice that could have been offered by anyone. ] 23:01, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
	::Well, we've also got this: in which {{ping|Carolmooredc}} solicits {{ping|Binksternet}} to consider adding certain diffs to his Arbcom statement. I'd hate to think that WP dispute resolution is about team play. ]] 23:42, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
	:::So did Binksternet follow the supposed solicitation? No. ] (]) 02:16, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
	:Thanks, Alanyst. @Specifico, I pretty much concur with the above. Both look pretty much like people giving and receiving advice. I've made similar talk page edits many times myself. The second could potentially be read as a request to file a report, but it was just as much a request for advice and opinion, and I commented on the thread myself yesterday with my 2 cents. Either way I think that stirring this pot is probably not the most productive path forward. Thanks for dropping by. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 02:44, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
	::It didn't even occur to me that that would be anything like canvassing. And I did add it myself when it became relevant. Mea culpa if it was bad. <small>'''] (])</small>''' 00:15, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
	:::You're fine Carol, I wouldn't worry about it too much. It's good to be careful in situations like this, as it's easy to misinterpret others' intentions during a prolonged disagreement, but I understand your question was in good faith. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 00:39, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
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	== Decision regarding Murzyn ==
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	Hello, thank you for your comment regarding Murzyn and the problem there. I will try to get along with VM, but to be honest I've tried to steer clear of him over the last two years following (what I still claim was) his outing of me to another Polish editor, but he edits Murzyn, ], and other pages which I started so it is hard not to come into contact with him. I do feel hard done by his gaming of the system - telling me not to post on his page then emailing me (he did it twice, not once as he claimed). He was previously banned for off-wiki activity (the infamous EEML) so it would seem part of his MO, as would passing on my email address and name. Anyway, I can assure you there was no hounding of ''him'' by me. I was the one who almost left WP due to the unpleasant atmosphere. Regards, ] (]) 10:27, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
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	:Thank you for the note. I am on my phone right now so I won't be able to give a complete response, but I just wanted to say that I didn't mean to imply that you had actually hounded him, only that he may have felt that way. I am sorry for your experience as well <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 18:18, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
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	:Malick78, I would very much appreciate it if you stopped lying. If you stopped lying about me outing you, which I never did, and if you stopped lying about stuff that happened five years ago, stuff you weren't at all involved in (or were you? Either you're lying or you were involved but under a different username. These are the only possibilities). You are of course free to believe whatever fantasy pops into your head but you are not allowed to make these kinds of fantastical accusation without proof. Do not accuse me of outing you again.
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	:As to ''I can assure you there was no hounding of ''him'' by me'' - the fact that OTHER users had to instruct you to leave me alone belies that statement. And let's recall that you did in fact use your talk page to allow anonymous users who were harassing me in real life, to post all kinds of nonsense about me. In fact you were downright gleeful about it. There's very few things as disgusting and distasteful as when an abuser tries to play the role of the victim. ] (]) 18:53, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
	::Bleh, not sure how much I want to get involved here, but Volunteer Marek, please. You complain about Malick78 making "accusation without proof" and in the same breath accuse Malick78 of "lying" four times and <del>siccing anonymous editors on you</del><u>entertaining the accusations of abusive anons</u>...without proof. Please, both of you, try to leave the past behind you and avoid each other in the future.
	::@Malick78, I appreciate the thought behind post, but you don't need to defend yourself on my account. If you're up for a little light reading, I highly recommend ]. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 03:30, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
	:::''You complain about Malick78 making "accusation without proof" and in the same breath accuse Malick78 of "lying" four times... ......without proof''. Sigh. Well, yes. Please think for a second. He accused me of outing him. Without proof. I denied it. He accused me of it again. Without proof. What exactly am *I* supposed to "prove" here? That I didn't out him? Am I supposed to prove that I didn't kill John F. Kennedy too? If I say somewhere "Adjwilley beats his wife!", and you say "no, that's not true", then I say it again somewhere, "Adjwilley beats his wife!", then you say "you're lying!", would you really expect others to *require* you to prove that you're not in fact beating your wife? Like I said, think for a second first. It is up to a person making allegations and attacking others to back up their claims, not to the person being attacked!
	:::Nevermind that what he is calling "outing" wouldn't even be "outing", even if it did somehow happen, which it didn't. How about I "accidentally" email you under my real name, then for the next couple years I'll go around telling everyone that Adjwilley "outed" me.
	:::If you want proof of him enabling (not "siccing") the anon IPs you can look through the history of his talk page yourself.
	:::Unfortunately, that "meatball" essay works only in functional communities. Not dysfunctional ones, such as ones, for example, where baseless accusations are cheap, and it's those who are being baselessly accused that are required to "prove" their innocence. Sheesh.
	:::Goodnight. ] (]) 05:42, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
	::::VM, I believe the Meatball essay applies to you too, though your point about the "ideal" community is well taken. I think though that in practice it is possible to follow the essay most of the time. (I try to do it myself, and other than the occasional clarifying when someone has misunderstood my intention, pointing out a lack of evidence, or correcting a particularly bad accusation, I think I do a pretty good job. And I do occasionally beat my wife at Chess, Settlers of Catan, and Bananagrams, by the way.) Anyway, and this is just my opinion, you shouldn't have to defend yourself against the "outing" accusations, other than to say that you didn't do what he thinks you did when the occasion demands (like at AN/I). You certainly shouldn't go on the offensive by calling him a liar. <p>Re: ''It is up to a person making allegations and attacking others to back up their claims, not to the person being attacked!'' I agree 100%. You don't have to prove anything when he's making accusations about you, but if you start making allegations about him (enabling anons, lying, possibly socking...) then it's you who needs to start linking diffs. But I'm not asking for diffs here...especially if some of these issues are as old as 5 years. I really think both of you need to let this go. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 07:40, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
	:::::Hi Adjwilley, thanks for your time and thoughts. I did try to put the past behind me but I started the Murzyn page and if VM edits it by mis-citing sources that were correctly quoted and then being rude when I ask him to desist, then problems are bound to happen. Over and out and thanks once again. ] (]) 23:13, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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	== On African American vs. Black American... ==
			Hello Awilley. Season's greetings.
	Okay what we need to understand is that the United States was formed on the basis of White Supremacy.
	Therefore, the entire cultural and historical identity of black people in the U.S. was formed by victimization by white supremacy/race/racism.
			There's an editor who has repeatedly violated the 24-hour BRD sanction at the Racial Views of Donald Trump article. The same editor has been making problematic edits at other BLP and Politics-related articles. I opened a thread at the user's talk page trying to explain the problem and asking for them to correct it, but this does not seem to be sinking in. Next time you have a chance, could you have a look and do as you see fit? I'm not inclined to file an AE complaint, but the behavior does need to stop. Thanks.]] 19:26, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
	So the descendants of slaves in America are "Black Americans."
			:{{re|SPECIFICO}} Sorry I missed you. (Traveling) It looks like you got this resolved in a different way at SPI. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 23:38, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
	"African American" is still useful as an umbrella term to refer to them AND African immigrants to the U.S., but "Black American" is us. "Black" is what we are now. This is how we think of ourselves, and that's what we call each other. "African American" is technically correct, but it's not our name.
			::All's well thanks for the note.]] 00:39, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
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	See, "black" exists outside the U.S. as well, in the UK, there is an article for "black British."
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	We we don't REALLY identify with "African" except in name. It's really a PC name shoved on us without consensus. We call each other "black" but since we're in the U.S, we can be reasonable certain we're all black Americans.
	"Black" can either refer to the race, more internationally, or a local ethnic group.
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	But PLEASE get rid of "African American." It's really grinding my gears.
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	:Hi ], thank you for the message. That's good to know. Is there a particular article you had in mind when you were writing this? Some use of the term somewhere you'd like me to fix perhaps? <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 05:27, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
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	On the name of the article "African Americans," I'd prefer it to be named "Black Americans," but I don't have the authority to do so.
	Also, on the article on African Immigration to the U.S, I think it may be best to name that article "African Americans," then qualify on that article that the term can also be used to describe black Americans and/or those who have integrated with them.
	: On this issue, it's my understanding that most black Americans like the term "African American," though certainly OP's position is far from unheard of. We could note that some black Americans don't identify with the term, but it's hard to justify renaming the article altogether.
	: We can't equate "African Immigrants to the U.S." with "African Americans" because African immigrants include white (Afrikaaners) and brown (Berber/Arab people) people, not just blacks. The common sense definition of African American (reflected on the WP page) is American of sub-Saharan African descent. This is also the definition used by the federal government. ] (]) 02:08, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
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	I'm puzzled by your comment apparently saying I shouldn't be concerned about this. First, I believe that crossing is generally (and strongly) encouraged over deletion in a talk page type setting. Second, in this particular case, another user has admitted that two of her allegations of misrepresentation against me were based on false statements. (all of them are, but those two were particularly easy to falsify.) Deleting the accusation, or rewriting it with a completely different rationale, is not fair to me, because it renders ''my'' (correct/conceded) accusations of misrepresentation in the evidence unintelligible. ] (]) 20:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
	:As I understand it, strikethrough is encouraged in threaded talk page discussions when you're editing your own comments that others have already responded to. Carolmooredc's was to ] which is not a talk page, nor is it threaded. What I don't know is whether it was responded to on the evidence page before she removed it, but I don't think it makes a whole lot of difference whether it's stricken or removed completely. I imagine the arbs are most interested in the evidence itself, not so much the process in which the evidence was compiled. (A stricken diff that's not evidence on the evidence page isn't very helpful to anyone.) Like I said on the talk page, if you think Carol's mistake is serious enough to be used as evidence, you can add it to your own section. I commented because it seemed that Carol was acting in good faith and the strong language in the section heading ("...attempt to cover-up (admitedly) false allegations...") and subsequent piling on seemed out of proportion to what Carolmooredc actually did. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 05:46, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
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	Your criticisms of "stalking" are not only hypocritical (since they omit Carol, who admits to having followed me to pages recently) but false. It makes little sense that I would "follow" Carol to an article she hasn't frequented for a year. On the other hand, it makes a lot of sense that I (someone who has previously edited pages on anti-Semitism and the BLP of ], and is a proud Ashkenazi jew) would correct an attempt to portray Dersh's criticism of an explicitly pro-Holocaust denial book as mere opinion. I came to the page because I recently read an essay of Dershowitz' on the subject. That Carol was the one who misrepresented Dersh was incidental to my motives. She frequents pages on jewish subjects and tendentiously pushes for the inclusion of 'anti-Zionist' themes (was one of only a few regular editors to the deleted page "Allegations of Jewish Control of the Media", and pushed against until changing course after criticism. She also fails to live up to the common-sense standards outlined on the ] essay. So while it is a coincidence that she was the one I reverted, it was hardly an unforseeable one. ] (]) 06:02, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
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	: on your talk page. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 06:31, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
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	::Since I do watch Steeletrap's edits to see where she's been inserting or deleting questionable material per her POV and vs policy, I did notice your exchange at her talk page (and we've banned each other, cutting out that round of back and forth anyway).
	::Of course, she's wrong the two places she accuses me of stalking her. WP:Competence was already being edited by Srich and Binksternet to deal with questionable Steeletrap edits during Arbitration when I joined in. And Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Jews_and_Communism is on lots of Wikiproject deletion lists and TFD nominated it so I was curious what TFD had to say. (And there's no consensus on the AfD since wikipedia is not as censored as some might like, which is why I was bold enough to opine.)
	::Considering that Steeletrap has barely learned a thing about presenting material in an NPOV way since she started, Senior editors do have to monitor her. (Though I haven't paid much attention on articles outside my areas of interest, especially since it looked like experienced editors were dealing with Steeletrap issues.) However, given Misplaced Pages's continuing failure to enforce BLP, I won't argue on the Atzmon edit. Unless of course something actually happens in next few days to show Misplaced Pages ''is'' serious about BLP... I think I would have complained to an Admin about enforcement in ] about her edit summary, to get a warning on those only, if we weren't already in an Arbitration and don't want to double down.
	::Feel free to reply on my talk page to hopefully more quickly finish the discussion off. :-) <small>'''] (])</small>''' 14:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
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	Can you please edit the "faculty" section of Ludwig von Mises Institute? There are several typographical errors there involving the dashes; a couple names (Huerta de Soto and Napolitano) need dashes while the dash after Sam Francis is smaller than the others, and should be changed to match them. Also: Francis is dead and thus his lifespan (1947-2005) should appear before the dash as it does with Rothbard and Sobran. Also: Rothbard's work as a "theorist" is more informative and important than his work as a "pundit"; I would replace the latter term with the former after "paleolibertarian" in Rothbard's description.
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	I almost made these changes, thinking that even though doing so would technically violate the no edit rule, common sense would absolve me of any criticism for it. (who can object to fixing typos?) But common sense rarely rules the day on WP. Thus, I ask you to do it for me. ] (]) 00:17, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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	:Seems reasonable enough. Thanks for erring on the side of caution. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 05:22, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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			== Administrators' newsletter – March 2022 ==
	is unacceptable. Rich made an agreement not to edit these pages during the Arbitration. You should block or warn him for violating it. He also violated the IBAN by on another (non Austrian/LvMI/libertarian) article. I will not edit the lib/Austrian pages, but I am no longer abiding by the IBAN, because it is illogical to do so when the other parties insist on interacting with me.
			] from the past month (February 2022).
	You should ban him (from the AE pages) until the end of the proceedings or, at the very least, admonish him not to violate formal agreements with other editors.
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	Note: To my chagrin, SPECIFICO continues to edit AE articles. While this is inadvisable, he cannot be accused of breaking his word and breaking faith with the Committee because he never agreed to refrain from editing. ] (]) 00:11, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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	:I stand by my statement at Arbcom. I take responsibility for my edits and, unlike some of the others who continued to squabble and denigrate others, mine do not violate policy or civility. I note that there's been no similar "agreement" at Gun Control, where the same cast of characters continues to edit during their jury deliberations. As to why Srich would pledge not to edit and pledge not to interact -- and then proceed uninterrupted to do so, I have no idea. I think we all expected better of him. He's engaged in some EW behavior at ] where he is deleting impeccably sourced factual statements. ]] 00:32, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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	:{{ec}} I, too, regret that Specifico continues to edit certain articles. As he has done so, no one has the right to say I "blatantly violated" anything. What should I do – sit on my hands when improper editing occurs as it did ? Basically I reverted the material the IP put in (which Specifico seemed to endorse), and I ] about the particular edit. Specifico, the IP, and Steeletrap have yet to comment in that discussion. As for the template, Steeletrap should mention that she is the one who reverted the edit to the template parameters, but Steeletrap ] had said nothing to rebut the March 4th rationale for keeping the parameter out. Is my edit to Block unacceptable? I had opened a discussion regarding the particular piece. Specifico (and Steeletrap) did not contribute to the discussion. "Edit warring" indeed – a completely unfounded accusation! – ] (]) 00:40, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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	::{{ping|Srich32977}} while I don't see any problem with your edits, I'm disappointed that you chose to break your side of the agreement. There might be an argument that edit fell under the "exceptions" (as calling an organization a "cult" in the Lead is almost always unacceptable) but on the others I don't see what was so pressing that it couldn't wait.
	::{{ping|SPECIFICO}} I'm not impressed with your behavior either. It's one thing to decline to participate in the voluntary edit restrictions, but continuing to edit disputed topics when everyone but you has agreed to stop is poor form in my opinion.
	::@All, if this continues, the voluntary edit restrictions are soon going to become much less voluntary. It looks like the arbcom case is making some progress. Please take some time off and find something fun and unrelated to edit. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 20:18, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
	:::{{ping|Adjwilley}} -- With all due respect, I stated that I take responsibility for my edits. If any of them violate policy, that is my responsibility. On the other hand I do not feel it's appropriate for you to judge me for doing ordinary course edits or for declining your invitation for a restriction. We have editors in the Gun Control arbitration continuing to edit. To be perfectly frank, Adjwilley, many editors have expressed disappointment that you and other Admins did not fulfill your responsibilities after the Community Sactions were put in place. If Admins had done so, this time consuming and unnecessary arbitration might have been avoided. With all due respect, you appear to me to be covering your ass by compensating for earlier lapses. That's my frank personal reaction to your gratuitous opinion of my conduct. Thanks. ]] 20:43, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
	::::Fair enough, and thank you for sharing your frank opinion. Just to be clear on my perspective here, I am just as much a volunteer as you, and as such I tend to put ] ahead of my responsibilities on Misplaced Pages. I am sorry that my attempt at mediation failed, and I frankly admit that it was at least partially my fault, but please don't pin the arbitration on me or other admins, many of whom tried and unfortunately failed to head it off. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 21:07, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
	:::::Cool. I'm just concerned that, again to be frank, some of us have stopped the squabbling and ad hominems and as one of those, I don't like to be mentioned in the same breath with others who have not. On WP unfortunately there are many casual readers and amateur arbiters and guilt by association seems to be an unfortunate byproduct of the very important and otherwise productive openness of the project. Thanks for your note. ]] 21:53, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
	:::::: I have to question your judgment for thinking there is 'nothing wrong' with Srich's edits. He removed tons of superbly sourced content, from the New York Times and Inside Higher Ed. He claimed this was because the subject of the BLP disputed the RS reporting. Why not just include (as I did) Block's argument (which is not supported by any of the RS that have commented on the matter) that he was quoted out of context? It does not seem to be in compliance with policy to remove RS-supported material en masse, just because a subject of a BLP doesn't like it. ] (]) 23:13, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
	:::::::I think you might have misunderstood. I'm talking policy and you're thinking content. There's no policy saying that reliably sourced material can't be removed. Whether SRich's edit was editorially sound is debatable, but from a policy and procedural perspective I don't see anything wrong with it. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 23:49, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
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	Hi Adjwilley
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	I added some content into the ] page but Kazemita1 keeps on removing it citing copy right violation even though I gave the references and the whole page is already full of quotes from various books. I want to avoid an edit war. I want to improve Misplaced Pages so that it contains researched scholarly content, that is useful to the readers. This whole article is full of people pushing their opinions. There needs to be a critical analysis of the content on this page. Various books have been written on this issues through out the ages and this content needs to be put into a table so that people could compare what was said when and by whom and why. Thanks --] (]) 21:05, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
	:{{ping|Johnleeds1}} It looks like people aren't having issues as much with the content or the references, but the fact that you are using long quotes from the references. (] is the policy on this.) Even though the quotes are attributed, it can still be problematic. I suggest that instead of using quotes, you paraphrase what the authors said, using your own words, but still attributing the ideas to the authors in the text, and still providing the source. With that out of the way, it will be easier to see what the actual content issues are. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 21:26, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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	Now that you have TB'd Steeletrap on AE subjects (because of the Hoppe edits), I wonder if hatting the first section of the ANI would help resolve the second section. I believe my request for restrictions as to Steele (because the the Walter Block edits & reverts) is moot. My goal is accomplished – we have general sanctions applied in at least one case. I am sorry it is Steeletrap who got sanctioned first. Until Steele did that last Block revert I thought we were making progress on improving the article. – ] (]) 04:11, 4 April 2014 (UTC) PS: Should you be signing the sanctions page? 04:46, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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	Hello Adjwilley. You recently protected Hans-Hermann Hoppe but there's now been a resumption of edit warring there, and some manifest incivility: . I am not getting involved in the ANI except to respond to various false statments about myself but it seems to me that Darkness Shines should be added to the ANI at this point. ]] 21:52, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
			:*] have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the ].
	: Please block Darkness from the page. Look at his block log and tell me with a straight face that he's a good-faith editor. Also, many of the earlier "reversions" you posted on my page were attempts to restore to a consensus version established by (of all people) Binksternet. DarknessShine, who has an incredibly long block log, edit-warred them out. But my new additions are of a different kind -- and I stopped them after two reverts. Why I am being singled out is beyond me, but please block Darkness as well. ] (]) 01:54, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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	On the ANI, can you edit your post to specify that the topic ban you gave me is temporary, pending the Arbcom investigation? I also would appreciate if provided your reason for topic banning me on the ANI.
			] from the past month (March 2022).
	By the way, I'm sorry for blowing up at you earlier. The whole situation is making me anxious and sometimes I edit impulsively when I feel that way. You are right that I shouldn't have been editing the Hoppe page. I think the topic ban might be a good thing for me as an editor in the long run, particularly if it includes the other users mentioned on the ANI. It might be more productive to move to less contentious matters and be satisfied with the fact that most of my edits to the Austrian pages over the last 12 months have been upheld and improved the encyclopedia. ] (]) 03:50, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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	<s>{{ping|Steeletrap}} I suggest you go to the "blow up " and <s>strike</s> what you said. – ] (]) 05:56, 4 April 2014 (UTC)</s>15:13, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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	: Rich, your heavy-handed admonitions are not appreciated. I am apologizing and taking a topic ban in stride. Your 'mansplaining' is not a good addition to the discussion. ] (]) 06:03, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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	:: It's mind-boggling, actually. An editor volunteers for an IBAN. He violates it. He brings an ANI drawing many others into discussing whether to impose the same IBAN he chose to ignore. Then while advocating he be forced to stop the behavior he will not voluntarily adopt, he visits this page to demonstrate the same behavior which he seeks to have forcibly prevented. "Who is that masked man?" "That's no outlaw... He's the Lone Ranger!" ]] 15:43, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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	@Steeletrap, thanks for the note. I hope helps a bit. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 16:25, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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	Could you add "He is Distinguished Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute" to the lede? Apart from UNLV, LvMI has been the focal point of Hoppe's work. ] (]) 17:07, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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	:Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you there. I had been spending all of my wiki-time on a tricky close, and this slipped my mind. You might try making an edit request on the article talk page. (This particular topic ban does allow for that.) <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 15:04, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
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	I was wondering if you could change a actors profile image for me? I can't figure it out. Thank you ] (]) 02:29, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
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	:Sorry, I've been offline for a while. (Fairly literally actually) We had been sharing Wifi with a neighboring apartment and they moved out...still working on a solution for internet that doesn't involve my phone's data plan. I'll have a look at it when I can. If you'll let me know which actor and which image you want changed I can probably help you. (It will probably be a matter of changing an "image=..." parameter in the infobox.) Sorry for the delay! <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 14:40, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
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	Thanks for agreeing to help close this discussion - and thanks for your update saying that you have reached a conclusion and are working on wording. However, there is a problem: somehow the entire note at the top of the discussion (with TP's "discussion suspended" comment and your update note) has disappeared and is not visible at the page. Offhand I can't see why; can you figure out how to make that note visible? Thanks! --] (]) 14:57, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
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	Hi Adjwilley, I read your analysis (with TParis) and I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate the careful thought you put into it. This was a very difficult decision to make in assessing consensus as understood on Misplaced Pages and the only way to do it correctly was the way you broke the problem down into its various subcomponents and assessing policy together with empirical evidence. I know you are going to catch a lot of heat for this decision, but you made it using a thoughtful rational process, which is all one can ask for. --] (]) 17:32, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
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	:Thank you both for the note, it is very much appreciated. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 18:24, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
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	Same here. Thank you. <strong>]</strong>/<small>]</small> 23:50, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
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	:Thank you Mark, I appreciate that very much. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 20:54, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
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	Since you are well versed in religious topics, do you have anything to weigh in on with regard to made by ]? Seems to me that the term ''adultery'' has "an ] origin" and that the term ''adultery'' did not exist in the "," though the wording ''Lex Iulia de Adulteriis Coercendis'' is noted in the '''Greco-Roman world section''' of the Adultery article. The Abrahamic wording prior to Ewawer's edit clearly distinguished "term" from "concept," stating that while the concept existed pre-Abrahamic time, the term did not. I made in response to Ewawer's edit, quoting a line from the source in the first paragraph. I know that we could also take this matter to ]. ] (]) 04:52, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
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	:Hmm, I actually didn't know about the origins of the word myself. I'll have a look at in on Sunday, as I probably won't get to it tomorrow. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 05:39, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
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	::My point is that the cultural objection to adultery was a common cultural feature of at least the Near East well before Abraham's time.] (]) 06:04, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
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	:::Even if so, was the cultural objection termed ''adultery'' at that time? That's my point. The text you altered was distinguishing terminological use from the concept. ] (]) 06:08, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
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	::::I spent a half hour today looking for sources to clarify the issue for me, but I haven't found anything yet that would significantly alter the discussion. I'll return to it later when I get another chance. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 15:33, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
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	:::::Thanks, Adjwilley. No rush. ] (]) 21:05, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
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	Per ] - "''Prior to requesting a review, you should attempt to resolve any issues with the closer on their talk page.''" - This is notification on your talk page that resolution is being sought over the closing of the ] in which you were involved. The "issues" with the closing are obviously extensively discussed on the ]. Do you feel you can offer resolution to the issues discussed? Thank you. ] (]) 13:14, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
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	:Note that NickCT quite properly approached all 3 closers, and I have already . --] <small>] • (])</small> 13:31, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
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	::Thanks, NickCT for the notification. If I had to do it again I probably would have put the statement in paragraph 6 about WP:RS in paragraph 3, so as to not imply that WP:COMMONNAME or WP:RS was what tipped it into the no consensus zone. (WP:RS took some weight out of the pro-WP:COMMONNAME arguments, but WP:TITLECHANGES was the main tipper for myself and at least one of the other admins.) I also sympathize with the criticism that the move request was closed early. At the time it seemed like a good idea because the discussion seemed to have entered into a phase of more bickering and squabbling than new ideas, and we felt a speedy resolution would be less disruptive to Misplaced Pages overall. (We had no idea that real-life issues would be crippling one of our number for so long after the initial suspension of discussion.) It might have also been good to let it run for a little longer to let people adjust to the new information that had become available about Clinton's preference toward HRC, which apparently would have caused at least one person to change their vote to oppose, and may have influenced new voters, though probably not in a way that would have significantly changed the discussion or close, and probably not in a way that would help the case you plan to make at move review. I hope that provides at least a bit of "resolution" for yourself and other supporters, though I don't expect it will change any minds. Best, <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 15:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
	:::No. It probably won't change minds. But the attempt is appreciated anyway.
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	:::For the record, I agree that ] was probably the strongest "oppose" argument. The applicability of the "don't switch one controversial title for another controversial title" idea is clear. That said, >2/3 of folks supported HC, right? What level of support does a particular title actually need before you can say it's non-controversial?
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	:::Obviously this conversation could descend very quickly into one of those "What does ''consensus'' really mean" debates (let's not go there), but I think it's fair to say that HC was clearly the ''less'' controversial title (as evidenced by the considerable majority that supported it).
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	:::If you took ] to its extreme, you'd say that you can never change titles because almost every potential title might be controversial to someone. Clearly that's wrong. Clearly one has to say that when a certain level of agreement surrounds a new title ] no longer applies. What is that level? Is 2/3 not enough?
	:::Anyways, regardless of your position, as I mentioned to Brown, your efforts, thoughts and attention on this matter were appreciated, and this move review is done with respectful dissent. ] (]) 17:23, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
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	::::] clearly discourages title changes for no ''good reason''. In this case that requires dismissing ], ] and ], not to mention ], as good reasons to change a title. I'm baffled as to how that could even be given any serious consideration. <p>Anyway, just to be clear, Adjwilley, have you seen the ] lately? We want to be sure these issues cannot be resolved with the panel in the hopes that we can spare the community a move review, if possible. Thanks! --] ] 15:04, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
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	:::::Thanks for the note, B2C. Just to be clear on our side, none of the policy you listed above was dismissed or ignored. We didn't throw anything out the window, but did our best to weigh the competing issues and policies and the strength of the underlying arguments. Is shaving 7 bytes off an article's title per WP:CONCISE sufficient reason to move a high profile article that has been in the same place for a long time? Is systemic bias an issue? (Probably over 90% of the voters were male...did they consider what it means for a woman to keep her maiden name instead of taking her husband's name?) Does the subject's preference matter? How much? Should the random passerby who says "Move per commonname...I've always heard it X" get as much weight as someone like WastedTimeR who has obviously read several books on the subject and has made as many edits to the article as the next 20 contributors combined? Which name is the common name, and is there evidence to support that? How much weight do we give the "Official names" essay? Are book/print sources better than news/online sources? Few of these questions were fully answered, but I assure you that none of them were ignored, and none of them, by themselves, tipped the balance in one direction or another.
	:::::I just wanted to make one other thing clear, since I seem to remember you mentioning suspicions of personal bias clouding our decision. When I (naively) volunteered to close this I thought about how I might vote if I were participating in the discussion, and about as much as I came up with was "I dunno...flip a coin". I really didn't care enough about it to form a hard opinion, and I still don't. That is the reason I felt comfortable enough to volunteer as one of the closers. (A negative side effect of this, however, is that I fail to understand why people care so much about the issue.) While reading the discussion I know that I and at least one of the other admins changed our minds a number of times as to which way to close it, but we ended up on the same page in the end.
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	:::::Anyway, thank you again for the note; I appreciate the time it took you to work up the move review draft. I read it, and though I don't agree with all of it, I can appreciate the concerns, as it was a close call. I'm not entirely sure how MR works (I haven't been over there in a long time) but I hope that it goes smoothly for everybody. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 15:59, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
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			== 1RR, not quite working out ==
			A 1RR DS for ] isn't really working. We've got roughly the same number of editors on opposite sides of an argument, merely reverting each other. Editor-A adds something; Editor-B reverts it; Editor-C re-adds it; Editor-D reverts it; etc etc. A 1-month protection for the page, would've been best. ] (]) 22:36, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
			I doubt 24-hrs will do. If not 1-month, then why not 2-weeks. ] (]) 22:57, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
			Thanks for stepping in. I was thinking something a bit longer term than a day, as the dispute immediately reignited after the last protection expired. I think more along the lines of three days or a week. ] (]) 22:54, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
			:{{ping|ScottishFinnishRadish}} A month would've been best. But, I think 2-weeks would've sufficed. ] (]) 22:57, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
			::Sorry, I tried to reply yesterday but my edit got lost in an edit conflict and I was on mobile in the car so I gave up.
			::A month of full protection on an unstable article with this much traffic isn't an option in my book. I still think the best option would be for you to follow the advice I left on TFD's talk page: to work with your opponents to find a compromise. That would make protection unnecessary. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 15:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
			Hello Awilley. If an editor ''pinged'' editors to a talkpage discussion (editor's who've already chimed in on that talkpage, in recent days on same topic), to ask them if they'll support that editor's edit to the page. Would that be considered ]? -- ] (]) 03:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
			PS: When the page protection expires. You'll know (via page history) which editor or editors, will soon ''re-add'' the dispute tag. ] (]) 19:12, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
			== Requested move at the church main article ==
			I'd like to say I'm surprised, but I'm not. I knew that as soon as the recent rfc regarding capitalization ended in favor of lower case "the", the name of the article itself would be challenged based on that result (despite the arguments in the rfc that the two were completely separate and distinct situations that had nothing to do with each other). Anyways, just wanted to make sure someone else was aware as I'm likely to be out of communications for a couple of days due to an unexpected medical situation. --] (]) 02:27, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
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			== 24-BRD page restriction template ==
			Hello Awilley. Here's something odd: The talk page template for the 24-hour BRD restriction has been changed to a new version that IMO is not as clear and easily observed for most users.
			I'm pretty sure I don't need to tell you why, but for anyone else who reads this, the former version was worded in terms of each editor's own actions, which are known and controlled by them. It said more or less, if ''your edit'' is reverted do this and this. The new version says "observe BRD" -- which takes the user link-hopping eventually to a page that says BRD is optional and ties to the CONSENSUS page, which is very broad and does not give the kind of brief instrumental instruction that the former 24-BRD template presented. The former template simply told editors what to do in order to comply. The new one is a head scratcher, especially since any infractions may be (sometimes unintentionally) from less experienced editors.
			I have no idea how templates work, who edits them etc. and I was hoping that with your Admin and software chops you might agree with me and propose to the appropriate person that we return to the former wording for this very effective page restriction.]] 15:32, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
			: The template was probably changed to match the new wording proposed by Arbcom. I'll have a look and see what if anything can be done. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 16:31, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
			:: Thanks. I don't recall any discussion of this revision during the review process. This restriction works very well on the most contentious pages, Trump among others. It would be a real loss if it were not well understood or less widely applied vs. the more onerous and less effective restrictions.]] 16:44, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
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			I have been trying to get other members of the LDS WikiProject to understand the issue with varying degrees of success. I'm glad you get it from your edit summary and edits on 2 Nephi. Is there some way you can help explain this to the others? The Book of Mormon pages are filled with this kind of mystifying prose, and I cannot tell if it is ''all'' anachronism or if it gloss that has been added by Mormon oral culture through their Sunday School classes. Any thoughts you might have on how to get, let's be honest here, cultural Mormons to understand that this kind of description does not work outside of the Mormon culture would be most appreciated. ] (]) 11:38, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
			:It is a problem, and it's one that is hard to see when you're "in" it. There is a whole slew of "Mormon lingo" -- terms Mormons use that are confusing to outsiders, words that mean different things inside Mormonism than outside. I don't know the exact reason for it, and I suspect it has something to do with basically having your own state for a century. But I've also seen these kinds of things in many different groups, cultures, religions, and even political parties. I'm certain an English speaking alien visiting the United States for the first time would be confused by our use of the words "pro-life" and "pro-choice". And I occasionally read news articles mentioning "dog-whistles" used by politicians that sound innocuous to casual observers but have specific meanings to people in their base.
			:I'm not sure how to best solve the problem. It takes a conscious effort. I suppose the first step is to recognize that there is a problem. An expansion of ] might be helpful. Off the top of my head I can think of a bunch of words that have a completely different meaning inside Mormonism than outside. For example:
			:*Elder = 19-year-old boy
			:*Priest = 16-year-old boy
			:*Laurel = 16-year-old girl
			:*Deacon = 12-year-old boy
			:*Sunbeam = 4-year-old child
			:*Sacrament = Eucharist
			:*Ordinance = Sacrament
			:*Atonement = ] + ] (roughly)
			:*Word of Wisdom = health code
			:*Zion = Pretty much anywhere where Mormons gather together, but also a specific place in Missouri. And a national park. And a bank. Oh dear.
			:*Plural marriage = religious polygamy
			:*Godhead = Trinity (])
			:*Trinity = A really bad false doctrine made up by the Catholic Church
			:*Heavenly Father = God the Father. (The TV series ''Under the Banner of Heaven'' overused that one, in my opinion. Where most Mormons would have just said "God", they made sure to say "Heavenly Father" each time.)
			:*Christ = Jesus (this one's not unique to Mormonism obviously, but it's not great form on Misplaced Pages to swap the title for the name)
			:*Celestial Kingdom = Heaven
			:*Spirit Prison = Hell but more like Purgatory
			:*Outer Darkness = Actual Hell
			:*Telestial Kingdom = Something between heaven and hell
			:*Gentiles = non-Mormons (sometimes including Jews 🤦)
			:*The Church (capitalized) = LDS Church (no, I'm not going to take the time to write it all out)
			:*Gospel = kinda hard to define. Basically the whole message about Jesus saving everybody.
			:I remember once being in a meeting where a word was being re-defined in real time. There's a well-known ] from the church presidency stating that husbands/fathers are to "preside over their families". But there's also a principle that husbands and wives are supposed to be "equal partners". There were some interesting mental gymnastics involved in trying to redefine the word "preside" as meaning "not being in charge".
			:Anyway, I'm not trying to bash or mock LDS, but I am being more provocative than necessary, because I do want people to recognize that it's a problem. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 17:29, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
			::Thanks! Christ = Jesus to Mormons, but is that always how they interpret it in the Book of Mormon? If so, ''extremely confusing'' for an outsider. Same with "Messiah". Of course, they're listed on the anachronisms page for good reason. I am surprised that you are worried that this list will be seen as bashing or mocking. ] (]) 18:15, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
			:::Sorry, no, that's not what I was saying. "Christ" didn't really belong in this list, but I mentioned it because I had switched a "Christ" to "Jesus" in my edit yesterday. Jesus has hundreds of titles (Christ, Jesus Christ, Messiah, Savior, Lamb of God, Son of God, The Lord, Jehovah,...) and they're all pretty much interchangeable to Mormons. My point was that for the purposes of writing on Misplaced Pages we should just be writing "Jesus" and not swapping that out with any titles. Calling him "Christ" (translated "anointed one") or "Messiah" (also "anointed") is POV as well as confusing to outsiders. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 21:32, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
			::::The other one to deal with is "Atonement" which is pretty difficult to follow as a concept when it is being described in early books as something that the characters in the BoM are ''anticipating''. As you may know, that doctrine essentially exists only in Christianity and took centuries to come into being within Early Christianity only to be recast/repurposed again and again amidst heresies and reformations and counterreformations right up to is usage within low church Protestant Christianity out of which the vast majority of the "Christian" parts of Mormons gets its theology. Just using that word unadorned in a narrative, for example, is jarring. We either need to discuss it or find a way to put it that isn't so much like an ]. ] (]) 21:41, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
			:::::Right. That is a confusing one. How do you concisely define Atonement for a global audience, and how did people in 600 B.C. know it? The Book of Mormon answer is that an angel told Nephi in a vision that Jesus was going to be born in Jerusalem and then die to save everybody, so Nephi taught his followers to anticipate that. But I don't know how or whether to explain that in Misplaced Pages terms. I haven't done much editing on Book of Mormon topics. My focus has been more historical...Joseph Smith, Mormon belief and culture, etc. Just replied to you on AN/I btw. I think you misread the IP's edit. Rachel was reverting a Mormon pushing a Mormon POV. (Note how the IP references "The Church" in caps.) <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 22:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
			::::::Replied there. It was a compound edit, unfortunately, so I think the critique still stands.
			::::::Anyhoo... back to more pleasant topics: the thing that is troubling with describing the Book of Mormon is that Joseph Smith (et al.) was pretty fast and loose with their "translating"... which seems to be a common apologetic rejoinder when it comes to anachronisms. Problem is: Misplaced Pages is supposed to be intelligible so I think we have to either (a) identify the anachronisms in the discussion or (b) figure out a way to use words that are broad enough to not cause confusion. Sure, "church" could mean "religious gathering" more broadly, but Nephites, I gather, are thought by most Mormons to have attended something similar to their own church services. As Hydrangeans pointed out, the concern over this feels like it is falling into apologetics, which it is. But it is also falling into the problem of specificity. The proper solution is probably to excise discussion that would get bogged down in these sorts of things in favor of clear high-level summary style.
			::::::By the way, in researching all this, I found: Don't know how much you like irreverant Mormon flowcharts, but I really enjoyed it.
			::::::] (]) 22:09, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
			:::::::Ha! I'm reading Harry Potter to my kids right now, so I appreciate the house references. On the diff discussion, it was the "were you a fence sitter" part that Joseph Smith did not come up with but later leaders did.
			:::::::Speaking of racism, that's a topic I struggle with when writing about Americans in the 1800s. I don't want to excuse it, but at the same time, literally everybody was racist back then by today's standards. So when I think about Mormonism, they're hardly unique in having racist policies from 1840 through the mid-1900s. What made the LDS Church unique is they held onto their racist policy all the way until 1978 and it took them until 2013 to apologize for it. I guess that's one downside of being a gerontocracy. I mean it's great to carry on ''some'' traditions, but others need to die. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for octogenarians...the accumulated experience and achievement and common sense...but on the flip side they are also pretty much set in their ways and resistant to change. (] ])
			:::::::On how to treat anachronisms a) vs. b) I really don't know, and suspect it's best on a case-by-case basis. My personal preference is probably b). Find a way to make it intelligible to outsiders but still recognizable to believers.
			:::::::My Wiki-time is over for today, so I probably won't be able to respond too much more. <span style="font-family:times; text-shadow: 0 0 .2em #7af">~] <small>(])</small></span> 22:59, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
			::::::::There is pretty strong evidence that this traces to Smith. I put it in the response.
			::::::::As far as racism goes, there is no excuse. It's just fact. The honest thing to do is admit it and be clear that basically the mucky-mucks were all inveterate racists. Same thing with the Founding Fathers of the US. And the fact that other white men were ridiculously racist is sidestepping the point. After all, weren't Founding Fathers and Mormons supposed to be better than everyone else according to their own doctrines?
			::::::::Anyway, good to be honest about the past and not try to hide it. I see that on the LDS pages about their own racism. They need to do better. Maybe they will someday.
			::::::::Glad you liked the flowchart in spite of its irreverance.
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Picture of the day The Cathedral of La Laguna is a Roman Catholic church in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The church was designated a cathedral in 1818 and is the seat of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, which includes the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. The current building was constructed between 1904 and 1915 to replace an earlier building begun in 1515. The cathedral is located in the historic centre of La Laguna and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1999 by UNESCO. It contains elements of several architectural styles and is noted for its Neoclassical facade, inspired by Pamplona Cathedral, as well as its dome, which stands out prominently in the city landscape. In the cathedral lie the remains of Alonso Fernández de Lugo, the conqueror of the island and founder of the La Laguna. This photograph shows one of the side chapels of the Cathedral of La Laguna, with a 6-metre-tall (20 ft) gilded reredos behind the altar. Constructed in the Baroque style in the first half of the 18th century, the reredos is the largest in the Canary Islands. The chapel is dedicated to the Virgin of Los Remedios, whose statue is in the central niche behind the altar. The reredos features seven paintings, attributed to Hendrick van Balen, depicting scenes from the lives of Jesus and Mary.Photograph credit: Diego Delso Archive – More featured pictures...

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Hi, Awilley - I filed an appeal at ARCA. Atsme 💬 📧 01:21, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

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

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• 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.

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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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Could you have a look at this DS issue?

Hello Awilley. Season's greetings.

There's an editor who has repeatedly violated the 24-hour BRD sanction at the Racial Views of Donald Trump article. The same editor has been making problematic edits at other BLP and Politics-related articles. I opened a thread at the user's talk page here trying to explain the problem and asking for them to correct it, but this does not seem to be sinking in. Next time you have a chance, could you have a look and do as you see fit? I'm not inclined to file an AE complaint, but the behavior does need to stop. Thanks. SPECIFICO talk 19:26, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

@SPECIFICO: Sorry I missed you. (Traveling) It looks like you got this resolved in a different way at SPI. ~Awilley (talk) 23:38, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

All's well thanks for the note. SPECIFICO talk 00:39, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions topic area changes

In a process that began last year with WP:DS2021, the Arbitration Committee is evaluating Discretionary Sanctions (DS) in order to improve it. A larger package of reforms is slated for sometime this year. From the work done so far, it became clear a number of areas may no longer need DS or that some DS areas may be overly broad.

The topics proposed for revocation are:

• Senkaku islands
• Waldorf education
• Ancient Egyptian race controversy
• Scientology
• Landmark worldwide

The topics proposed for a rewording of what is covered under DS are:

• India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
• Armenia/Azerbaijan

Additionally any Article probation topics not already revoked are proposed for revocation.

Community feedback is invited and welcome at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Motions. --Barkeep49 (talk) 16:59, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

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

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• A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

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Happy First Edit Day!

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From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU 06:58, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

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

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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).

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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

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:12, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

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

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

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

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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

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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

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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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Happy Ninth Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing Awilley a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Misplaced Pages Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 20:12, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

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

Administrator changes

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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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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

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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.

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• 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.
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Update: Phase II of DS reform now open for comment

You were either a participant in WP:DS2021 (the Arbitration Committee's Discretionary Sanctions reform process) or requested to be notified about future developments regarding DS reform. The Committee now presents Misplaced Pages:Arbitration_Committee/Discretionary_sanctions/2021-22_review/Phase_II_consultation, and invites your feedback. Your patience has been appreciated. For the Arbitration Committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:01, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

MOS:LDS change discussion

A change to a provision at MOS:LDS regarding capitalization in titles is currently being discussed at Misplaced Pages talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters § Midsentence capitalization of the that you might be interested in. Please participate in the discussion there, thanks. --FyzixFighter (talk) 12:56, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

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

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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).

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Interface administrator changes

• TheresNoTime
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CheckUser changes

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• 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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Discretionary sanctions review: proposed decision and community review

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

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

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Interface administrator changes

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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)

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• 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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Arbitration enforcement action appeal, notification

Hi, This is notification of my appeal. You were the enforcing admin. FYI we briefly discussed it over a year ago. Regards, -- Yae4 (talk) 12:07, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Contentious topics procedure adopted

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The above proposals that are supported by an absolute majority of unrecused active arbitrators are hereby enacted. The drafting arbitrators (CaptainEek, L235, and Wugapodes) are directed to take the actions necessary to bring the proposals enacted by this motion into effect, including by amending the procedures at WP:AC/P and WP:AC/DS. The authority granted to the drafting arbitrators by this motion expires one month after enactment.

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Discuss this at: Misplaced Pages talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Contentious topics procedure adopted

1RR, not quite working out

A 1RR DS for Hunter Biden laptop controversy isn't really working. We've got roughly the same number of editors on opposite sides of an argument, merely reverting each other. Editor-A adds something; Editor-B reverts it; Editor-C re-adds it; Editor-D reverts it; etc etc. A 1-month protection for the page, would've been best. GoodDay (talk) 22:36, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

I doubt 24-hrs will do. If not 1-month, then why not 2-weeks. GoodDay (talk) 22:57, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for stepping in. I was thinking something a bit longer term than a day, as the dispute immediately reignited after the last protection expired. I think more along the lines of three days or a week. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:54, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

@ScottishFinnishRadish: A month would've been best. But, I think 2-weeks would've sufficed. GoodDay (talk) 22:57, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I tried to reply yesterday but my edit got lost in an edit conflict and I was on mobile in the car so I gave up.

A month of full protection on an unstable article with this much traffic isn't an option in my book. I still think the best option would be for you to follow the advice I left on TFD's talk page: to work with your opponents to find a compromise. That would make protection unnecessary. ~Awilley (talk) 15:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello Awilley. If an editor pinged editors to a talkpage discussion (editor's who've already chimed in on that talkpage, in recent days on same topic), to ask them if they'll support that editor's edit to the page. Would that be considered canvassing? -- GoodDay (talk) 03:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

PS: When the page protection expires. You'll know (via page history) which editor or editors, will soon re-add the dispute tag. GoodDay (talk) 19:12, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at the church main article

I'd like to say I'm surprised, but I'm not. I knew that as soon as the recent rfc regarding capitalization ended in favor of lower case "the", the name of the article itself would be challenged based on that result (despite the arguments in the rfc that the two were completely separate and distinct situations that had nothing to do with each other). Anyways, just wanted to make sure someone else was aware as I'm likely to be out of communications for a couple of days due to an unexpected medical situation. --FyzixFighter (talk) 02:27, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

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

Administrator changes

• ComplexRational
• Extraordinary Writ

Stephen

• Andrew Yong
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• 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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Contentious topics procedure now in effect

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In December, the Arbitration Committee adopted the contentious topics procedure, which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period.

• For a detailed summary of the changes from the discretionary sanctions system, see WP:DSVSCT.
• A brief guide for administrators may be found at Misplaced Pages:Contentious topics/Administrator instructions.
• Updated templates may be found at Template:Contentious topics.
• Suggestions and concerns may be directed to the arbitration clerk team at WT:AC/C.

The drafting arbitrators warmly thank all those who have worked to implement the new procedure during this implementation period and beyond. KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 19:44, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Misplaced Pages talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Contentious topics procedure now in effect

24-BRD page restriction template

Hello Awilley. Here's something odd: The talk page template for the 24-hour BRD restriction has been changed to a new version that IMO is not as clear and easily observed for most users. I'm pretty sure I don't need to tell you why, but for anyone else who reads this, the former version was worded in terms of each editor's own actions, which are known and controlled by them. It said more or less, if your edit is reverted do this and this. The new version says "observe BRD" -- which takes the user link-hopping eventually to a page that says BRD is optional and ties to the CONSENSUS page, which is very broad and does not give the kind of brief instrumental instruction that the former 24-BRD template presented. The former template simply told editors what to do in order to comply. The new one is a head scratcher, especially since any infractions may be (sometimes unintentionally) from less experienced editors. I have no idea how templates work, who edits them etc. and I was hoping that with your Admin and software chops you might agree with me and propose to the appropriate person that we return to the former wording for this very effective page restriction. SPECIFICO talk 15:32, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

The template was probably changed to match the new wording proposed by Arbcom. I'll have a look and see what if anything can be done. ~Awilley (talk) 16:31, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't recall any discussion of this revision during the review process. This restriction works very well on the most contentious pages, Trump among others. It would be a real loss if it were not well understood or less widely applied vs. the more onerous and less effective restrictions. SPECIFICO talk 16:44, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

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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Good article reassessment for Baháʼu'lláh

Baháʼu'lláh has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Unpicked6291 (talk) 21:07, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

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

Administrator changes Spicy Ale jrb Dbachmann DGG (deceased) Jimbo Wales

CheckUser changes Jimbo Wales Oversighter changes Jimbo Wales

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration

• The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous

• The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023

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

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CheckUser changes Courcelles

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
• As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news

• Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Misplaced Pages until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous

• Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

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

Administrator changes

Novem Linguae

• Deckiller
• Electionworld
• MBisanz
• Penwhale
• Raul654
• Roadrunner
• Viridae
• Yannismarou

Bureaucrat changes

MBisanz

Guideline and policy news

• Contributions to the English Misplaced Pages are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

Technical news

• Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

Arbitration

• Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2023

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

Administrator changes

Firefangledfeathers

• AlisonW
• Amberrock
• Closedmouth
• Scottywong

Interface administrator changes

Novem Linguae

Technical news

• The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
• Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)

Arbitration

• The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
• The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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

Administrator changes Pppery Theleekycauldron Dwheeler G.A.S Royalbroil Ssd

CheckUser changes Bradv Oversighter changes Bradv

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
• A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news

• Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)

Arbitration

• The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

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"Misplaced Pages:Wrong" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Misplaced Pages:Wrong has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 September 10 § Misplaced Pages:Wrong until a consensus is reached. QuickQuokka 20:38, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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

Administrator changes

0xDeadbeef

Tamzin

Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

• Ragesoss
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
• Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
• Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
• Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
• Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
• Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
• An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous

• The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

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

Administrator changes

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• JPxG

• Ajpolino
• Lourdes
• Mairi
• RockMFR
• Somno
• WilyD

Beeblebrox → Just Step Sideways

CheckUser changes

• Beeblebrox
• Opabinia regalis

Oversight changes

• Beeblebrox
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Guideline and policy news

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Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:53, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Crime labels...an essay

A few of us have been writing an essay: Misplaced Pages:Crime_labels. I ran across your similar posting on BLP Talk "Applying controversial labels to people" so thought you'd be interested. I am overwhelmed by the vast expense/waste of time and effort debating/squabbling the same issue across large numbers of BLPs! Cheers, Bdushaw (talk) 14:28, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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

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Arbitration

• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
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• The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

Miscellaneous

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Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Awilley! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:24, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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

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• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
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• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for at least undestanding the issue

I have been trying to get other members of the LDS WikiProject to understand the issue with varying degrees of success. I'm glad you get it from your edit summary and edits on 2 Nephi. Is there some way you can help explain this to the others? The Book of Mormon pages are filled with this kind of mystifying prose, and I cannot tell if it is all anachronism or if it gloss that has been added by Mormon oral culture through their Sunday School classes. Any thoughts you might have on how to get, let's be honest here, cultural Mormons to understand that this kind of description does not work outside of the Mormon culture would be most appreciated. jps (talk) 11:38, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

It is a problem, and it's one that is hard to see when you're "in" it. There is a whole slew of "Mormon lingo" -- terms Mormons use that are confusing to outsiders, words that mean different things inside Mormonism than outside. I don't know the exact reason for it, and I suspect it has something to do with basically having your own state for a century. But I've also seen these kinds of things in many different groups, cultures, religions, and even political parties. I'm certain an English speaking alien visiting the United States for the first time would be confused by our use of the words "pro-life" and "pro-choice". And I occasionally read news articles mentioning "dog-whistles" used by politicians that sound innocuous to casual observers but have specific meanings to people in their base.

I'm not sure how to best solve the problem. It takes a conscious effort. I suppose the first step is to recognize that there is a problem. An expansion of MOS:LDSJARGON might be helpful. Off the top of my head I can think of a bunch of words that have a completely different meaning inside Mormonism than outside. For example:

• Elder = 19-year-old boy
• Priest = 16-year-old boy
• Laurel = 16-year-old girl
• Deacon = 12-year-old boy
• Sunbeam = 4-year-old child
• Sacrament = Eucharist
• Ordinance = Sacrament
• Atonement = Agony in the Garden + Crucifixion of Jesus (roughly)
• Word of Wisdom = health code
• Zion = Pretty much anywhere where Mormons gather together, but also a specific place in Missouri. And a national park. And a bank. Oh dear.
• Plural marriage = religious polygamy
• Godhead = Trinity (but mostly this kind)
• Trinity = A really bad false doctrine made up by the Catholic Church
• Heavenly Father = God the Father. (The TV series Under the Banner of Heaven overused that one, in my opinion. Where most Mormons would have just said "God", they made sure to say "Heavenly Father" each time.)
• Christ = Jesus (this one's not unique to Mormonism obviously, but it's not great form on Misplaced Pages to swap the title for the name)
• Celestial Kingdom = Heaven
• Spirit Prison = Hell but more like Purgatory
• Outer Darkness = Actual Hell
• Telestial Kingdom = Something between heaven and hell
• Gentiles = non-Mormons (sometimes including Jews 🤦)
• The Church (capitalized) = LDS Church (no, I'm not going to take the time to write it all out)
• Gospel = kinda hard to define. Basically the whole message about Jesus saving everybody.

I remember once being in a meeting where a word was being re-defined in real time. There's a well-known document from the church presidency stating that husbands/fathers are to "preside over their families". But there's also a principle that husbands and wives are supposed to be "equal partners". There were some interesting mental gymnastics involved in trying to redefine the word "preside" as meaning "not being in charge".

Anyway, I'm not trying to bash or mock LDS, but I am being more provocative than necessary, because I do want people to recognize that it's a problem. ~Awilley (talk) 17:29, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Christ = Jesus to Mormons, but is that always how they interpret it in the Book of Mormon? If so, extremely confusing for an outsider. Same with "Messiah". Of course, they're listed on the anachronisms page for good reason. I am surprised that you are worried that this list will be seen as bashing or mocking. jps (talk) 18:15, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, no, that's not what I was saying. "Christ" didn't really belong in this list, but I mentioned it because I had switched a "Christ" to "Jesus" in my edit yesterday. Jesus has hundreds of titles (Christ, Jesus Christ, Messiah, Savior, Lamb of God, Son of God, The Lord, Jehovah,...) and they're all pretty much interchangeable to Mormons. My point was that for the purposes of writing on Misplaced Pages we should just be writing "Jesus" and not swapping that out with any titles. Calling him "Christ" (translated "anointed one") or "Messiah" (also "anointed") is POV as well as confusing to outsiders. ~Awilley (talk) 21:32, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

The other one to deal with is "Atonement" which is pretty difficult to follow as a concept when it is being described in early books as something that the characters in the BoM are anticipating. As you may know, that doctrine essentially exists only in Christianity and took centuries to come into being within Early Christianity only to be recast/repurposed again and again amidst heresies and reformations and counterreformations right up to is usage within low church Protestant Christianity out of which the vast majority of the "Christian" parts of Mormons gets its theology. Just using that word unadorned in a narrative, for example, is jarring. We either need to discuss it or find a way to put it that isn't so much like an oopart. jps (talk) 21:41, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Right. That is a confusing one. How do you concisely define Atonement for a global audience, and how did people in 600 B.C. know it? The Book of Mormon answer is that an angel told Nephi in a vision that Jesus was going to be born in Jerusalem and then die to save everybody, so Nephi taught his followers to anticipate that. But I don't know how or whether to explain that in Misplaced Pages terms. I haven't done much editing on Book of Mormon topics. My focus has been more historical...Joseph Smith, Mormon belief and culture, etc. Just replied to you on AN/I btw. I think you misread the IP's edit. Rachel was reverting a Mormon pushing a Mormon POV. (Note how the IP references "The Church" in caps.) ~Awilley (talk) 22:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Replied there. It was a compound edit, unfortunately, so I think the critique still stands.

Anyhoo... back to more pleasant topics: the thing that is troubling with describing the Book of Mormon is that Joseph Smith (et al.) was pretty fast and loose with their "translating"... which seems to be a common apologetic rejoinder when it comes to anachronisms. Problem is: Misplaced Pages is supposed to be intelligible so I think we have to either (a) identify the anachronisms in the discussion or (b) figure out a way to use words that are broad enough to not cause confusion. Sure, "church" could mean "religious gathering" more broadly, but Nephites, I gather, are thought by most Mormons to have attended something similar to their own church services. As Hydrangeans pointed out, the concern over this feels like it is falling into apologetics, which it is. But it is also falling into the problem of specificity. The proper solution is probably to excise discussion that would get bogged down in these sorts of things in favor of clear high-level summary style.

By the way, in researching all this, I found: Don't know how much you like irreverant Mormon flowcharts, but I really enjoyed it.

jps (talk) 22:09, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Ha! I'm reading Harry Potter to my kids right now, so I appreciate the house references. On the diff discussion, it was the "were you a fence sitter" part that Joseph Smith did not come up with but later leaders did.

Speaking of racism, that's a topic I struggle with when writing about Americans in the 1800s. I don't want to excuse it, but at the same time, literally everybody was racist back then by today's standards. So when I think about Mormonism, they're hardly unique in having racist policies from 1840 through the mid-1900s. What made the LDS Church unique is they held onto their racist policy all the way until 1978 and it took them until 2013 to apologize for it. I guess that's one downside of being a gerontocracy. I mean it's great to carry on some traditions, but others need to die. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for octogenarians...the accumulated experience and achievement and common sense...but on the flip side they are also pretty much set in their ways and resistant to change. (cough cough)

On how to treat anachronisms a) vs. b) I really don't know, and suspect it's best on a case-by-case basis. My personal preference is probably b). Find a way to make it intelligible to outsiders but still recognizable to believers.

My Wiki-time is over for today, so I probably won't be able to respond too much more. ~Awilley (talk) 22:59, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

There is pretty strong evidence that this traces to Smith. I put it in the response.

As far as racism goes, there is no excuse. It's just fact. The honest thing to do is admit it and be clear that basically the mucky-mucks were all inveterate racists. Same thing with the Founding Fathers of the US. And the fact that other white men were ridiculously racist is sidestepping the point. After all, weren't Founding Fathers and Mormons supposed to be better than everyone else according to their own doctrines?

Anyway, good to be honest about the past and not try to hide it. I see that on the LDS pages about their own racism. They need to do better. Maybe they will someday.

Glad you liked the flowchart in spite of its irreverance.

jps (talk) 23:20, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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

Administrator changes

• Kbdank71
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Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

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

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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Bureaucrat changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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Bureaucrat changes

• Deskana
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Oversight changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
• The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

Miscellaneous

• WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:43, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Everything

• Please stop scrubbing the words "LDS Church" and "Mormon" from articles: you mean my editions of the LDS edition of the Bible and Template:Latter-day Saints right?
  • First, the Church publishes the "Holy Bible", not the "LDS edition of the Bible", is ironic that you mention that "calling people "Latter-day Saints" out of the blue with no explanation is confusing to readers in our very broad audience, many of whom are completely unfamiliar with Mormonism and its WP:Jargon" but you think that the entry "The LDS edition of the Bible is a version of the Bible published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in English, Spanish, and Portuguese" is good, implying that the readers know what LDS means. I think that entry is wrong for those two things that I said, but also because "Holy Bible" is the name that the Church uses, and you're wrong thinking that the entry I wrote was implying that the Church are the only ones who publish the book when I explicitly wrote "is a version of the Bible", where I wikilinked the word version. And no, I'm not removing the LDS word, as you can see in my revision, I never removed any LDS word.
  • Second, in the template, Joseph Smith Translation is NOT part of the standard works, as you can see here. Articles of Faith goes after Joseph Smith-History, not before. I don't understand why you also removed the List of Book of Mormon translations article link. And using Less-active Latter-day Saint, instead of Less-active Mormon, is because that, even that I know some of the references use Mormon (first because are old references and second because some newspapers are haters of the Church but I guess that can't be considered bias), there's references that use Latter-day Saints, and as you can see, the name of the template and main article is "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", Latter-day Saints, and not the "Mormon Church", thus using Latter-day Saints would be fine since the use is not to short it (I'm not using "Less-active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"), like the "LDS Church" use. And yes I know that some people knows about Saints in the Catholic Church, but is not the same name, neither the same meaning (Catholics are not Saints, and Catholics pray to dead Saints), and not everyone knows this, there's many people that are not Catholic, even that are not Christian, so I don't see this as problem to use "Latter-day Saint".
• "Bible Videos" listed at Redirects for discussion: I added my comment.
• Other: I saw you reverted the edition of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints article that had Jesus Christ as the founder of the Church in the template, the Catholic Church article and other churches have Jesus Christ as the founder, but this one can't have it, doesn't makes this bias? We can simply write "Jesus Christ, according to the church", referencing it, and add a note that says "Joseph Smith is considered as the restorer and first president", with the reference. Also, I don't think that edition was the best way to do this.

Greetings, I hope we can have an agreement to address these topics. Furawi (talk) 05:49, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks, Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:44, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

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

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• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

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Clarification request closed

The Noleander clarification request, in which you were listed as an involved editor, has been closed and archived. The request was related to that case's principle 9, which states:

Editors are expected to refrain from making unnecessary references to the actual or perceived racial, religious, or ethnic background of fellow editors. Such references should be made only if they clearly serve a legitimate purpose. In the context of a noticeboard discussion or dispute resolution, it will rarely serve a valid purpose to seek to classify the participants in the discussion on this basis.

Among the participating Arbitrators, there was a rough consensus that this principle remains true with current policies and guidelines and that there is not an exemption from this principle for asserting that an editor has a conflict of interest. For the Arbitration Committee, SilverLocust 💬 05:35, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Awilley! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:14, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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

Administrator changes

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Technical news

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

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Extended Confirmation Removal

I tried to reply to you for months repeatedly regarding you removing my ability to do so. Pentock (talk) 15:49, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. ~Awilley (talk) 14:36, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

• Barkeep49
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• Doug Weller
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Guideline and policy news

• Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Misplaced Pages talk:Administrator elections.
• Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
• An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
• Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).

Miscellaneous

• If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.

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Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:03, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Gerda. ~Awilley (talk) 02:43, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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

Administrator changes

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• Babajobu
• Daniel
• Elf
• Jayron32
• Thue
• Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

Maxim

Oversighter changes

Maxim

Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
• Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

• RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Blank editnotice question

I am working on cleaning up unused templates listed at Special:UnusedTemplates. Of those, there is a sizable chunk of blank edit notices, many of which were blanked by you in 2021. I have been looking for a discussion about why those notices were blanked, but I have not found one yet.

I'm thinking that these blank edit notices should be deleted through TFD, since we typically do not leave unused pages in template space. I asked about blank edit notices in general, and I didn't really get a response. Any thoughts you have will be welcome. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:54, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Those edit notices were for listing article level sanctions (think something like a 1RR rule applied to everyone who edits an article) and I was removing those sanctions. I don't actually know the policy on whether blank edit notices should be deleted or not. At the time I found them useful as a way of tracking what sanctions had been applied to various pages...when, and what, and by whom. It was a bit of a mess. Now there's a new system for tracking that I'm not familiar with, and the stuff I was doing is probably old enough that few will ever care enough to try and track it. So I personally don't care if the templates are deleted or not. ~Awilley (talk) 06:01, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I have nominated a batch of the edit notices at TFD if you care to comment. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:31, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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

Administrator changes

• Ahecht
• DoubleGrazing
• Dr vulpes
• FOARP
• Peaceray
• Queen of Hearts
• Rsjaffe
• SD0001
• SilverLocust
• Sohom Datta
• ThadeusOfNazereth
• Voorts

• Ajpolino
• Fathoms Below
• Pppery
• Tamzin
• Worm That Turned

• Aervanath
• Christopher Sundita
• Dank
• Dennis Brown
• Dragons flight
• Fastily
• Graham87
• JaGa
• Kbh3rd
• Marine 69-71
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
• Yamamoto Ichiro

Interface administrator changes

• SD0001
• Sohom Datta

Pppery

CheckUser changes

• Spicy
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

Technical news

• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
• An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

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

Administrator changes

Sennecaster

• Daniel
• Hog Farm

• BozMo
• Ferret
• John M Wolfson
• MaxSem
• Panyd
• Tide rolls
• Titoxd

CheckUser changes

• Daniel
• Elli
• Liz
• ScottishFinnishRadish
• Theleekycauldron

Worm That Turned

Ferret

Oversight changes

• Daniel
• Elli
• Liz
• ScottishFinnishRadish
• Theleekycauldron

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, Misplaced Pages:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

• Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

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