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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

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

Administrator changes ScottishFinnishRadish Staxringold Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

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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• Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.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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Thank you ...

October songs

... for your help with the images and the review of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:15, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting it on the Main Page! I haven't had much time to write recently (too busy in my real life job) but I hope to be back at DYK and GAN soon. I have my childhood hero at FAC, which is keeping me busy enough at the moment. Happy editing, —Kusma (talk) 16:03, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

leaving the month with reformation and a cat treat --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:09, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa page deletion?

Hello, you recently deleted the page for the current Bahrain Ambassador to the U.S. Is it because he has a similar name to another person? NYMediaGuy (talk) 14:46, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

No. @NYMediaGuy, you can see the reason in the deletion log. The page deletion had nothing to do with who the person is. I deleted the page because it was too close to a copy / paraphrase of a copyright protected page, so the content was a copyright violation and could not be used on Misplaced Pages, where content needs to be under a Creative Commons license. —Kusma (talk) 22:37, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 October 2022

• From the team: A new goose on the roost

• News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet

• News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment

• In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias

• Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove

• Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Misplaced Pages editors?

• Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship

• Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com

• Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we?

• Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal

• From the archives: Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

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

Administrator changes

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  • Astronautics~enwiki
  • Athaenara
  • Eddie891
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Interface administrator changes

• TheresNoTime
• Ragesoss

CheckUser changes

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  • Blablubbs
  • Firefly
• Joe Roe

Oversight changes

• DGG

Guideline and policy news

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

Arbitration

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

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• 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.
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Can I prevail on you for help?

I am looking for a journal article, which seems like it would be German, but I don't know the name of it in German. The article was written by Varia Kipiani, probably in 1905 or 1906. This newspaper article reported in 1907 that Kipiani's article appeared in the Walbaum Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie. World cat shows only "L'ergographie du sucre" (1905) but the description here and here of that French article seems to be a discussion of the sugar crash, and not a comparison of cane sugar and fructose. After your detective work on Foote, I wondered if you might be able to assist me in finding this. If you are too busy, or uninterested, no worries. SusunW (talk) 22:20, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

@SusunW, I am pretty busy but I really like doing this kind of research, so I went right ahead. The title is "Der Kraftwert des Zuckers", and Google makes it look likely that it is on page 674 of Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie, Volume 30, Part 1 (1906). Searching through German library catalogues makes me think this volume hasn't been digitised yet, so you probably need to ask at WP:RX if you want a copy (it is reasonably widely available, for example in the Bavarian State library in Munich: ). If you manage to get hold of it and need help reading/translating, just let me know. (I haven't yet managed to figure out what "Walbaum" is in this context, but it is easier to find without that bit). —Kusma (talk) 23:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Nope, I'm wrong. I think the thing in Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie is also only a review/short form, and not written by Kipiani (but that may be helpful as a somewhat secondary source). Looking at this Google snippet, the original seems to have appeared (probably under its French title?? in "Ann . de la soc . roy . des sciences méd . et nat . de Bruxelles Bd . XIV . Hft . 1.", so Annales de la société royale des sciences médicales et naturelles de Bruxelles, vol. 14, issue 1. Let me know if you get anywhere with this information, I'm curious to hear more. —Kusma (talk) 23:24, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the help. Let me see if there is any avenue for me to obtain. Probably RE, unless I can find anything at archive.org or Hathitrust or figure out the Belgian archives, which so far have eluded me. I am happy to know that you enjoy the hunt, it's my favorite part too. I'm sure I'll be back asking questions as my knowledge of German is that I can count to 100. If I find something, I'm happy to let you know. SusunW (talk) 13:55, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Okay, well that was too easy. The google link says snippet view, but it isn't. If you click on it, it is full access. What I would normally do at this point it type out the page and run it through multiple translation machines, but if you are willing, I would appreciate your help in translating it. If it's a review of her work, so much the better. She's been on my to do list for 3 years and this is the first time that I am actually finding sufficient digitized sources to write her. SusunW (talk) 14:07, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

@SusunW, it is snippet view only for me, even if I pretend to be elsewhere :( Can you send me a screenshot? I'll wikimail you in a second. Then I'll check it out and if it is worth translating, I'll send you a translation. —Kusma (talk) 15:49, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

I've sent it. SusunW (talk) 16:09, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

What I cannot figure out is if she did a series of studies on how sugar impacts muscles and fatigue. It seems like that is the case, but I am not sure at this point. Would that I were a polyglot and had easy access to Belgian sources, but alas... SusunW (talk) 16:34, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Yes, it is something like that, with special focus on fatigue during childbirth. I need to do a few urgent other things now, but I should be able to send you a full translation within the next 24 hours. —Kusma (talk) 16:40, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Absolutely no rush. I've been mulling her for three years, so there is no urgency at all. I am very appreciative of your help. SusunW (talk) 16:53, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

The article was short enough that I could do it during a short break I had today, see your email. —Kusma (talk) 11:53, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

After seeing your edit summary, I finally understand your question. It is one paper reporting on a series of experiments. Full translation to follow (but perhaps not today). —Kusma (talk) 08:39, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
• Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
• Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
• Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
• PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
• Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Misplaced Pages has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

• Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
• Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
• Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
• Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
• Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
• SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
• Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
• Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 53

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 53, September – October 2022

• New collections:
  • Edward Elgar
  • E-Yearbook
  • Corriere della Serra
  • Wikilala
• Collections moved to Library Bundle:
  • Ancestry
• New feature: Outage notification
• Spotlight: Collections indexed in EDS

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Misplaced Pages Library team --11:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Taiwanese Mandarin GA Review

First, hi! I wanted to say thanks so much for taking on the article, it's been a pet project of mine for a while. I was very happy to see the review got taken up so quickly, especially by someone with background knowledge. I don't want to drop off the radar — I'm going to try to implement fixes you point out this month. I think I mentioned on the page that I sort of got hit with a bunch of real world life stuff (in a good way!), which I wasn't anticipating when I submitted the review. Just wanted to let you know, and again, thanks so much :) WhinyTheYounger (WtY)(talk, contribs) 19:25, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

@WhinyTheYounger, no need to rush, it is fine if it takes another week or two. I am currently also unable to put in as much wikitime as I'd like, although I hope it will get better next week. (This is why I haven't taken on the task of diving more properly into your impressive selection of sources yet!) —Kusma (talk) 21:41, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Well, it's taking a bit longer than anticipated. Just wanted to say a) I'm still alive and b) thanks for your patience and thoughtful feedback so far. This will hopefully be my first ever GA, and it was quite the behemoth, as you can probably tell (and still I feel like I only covered a fraction of what I wanted, haha) WhinyTheYounger (WtY)(talk, contribs) 03:21, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

@WhinyTheYounger, no worries. It is a tough topic for a first GA, and I know it can be hard to find time to really concentrate on this type of work. I would appreciate it if we could wrap this up before I have forgotten everything I thought during the review, though, so please don't leave it until next year to come back to this. —Kusma (talk) 09:17, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Ulf Merbold

November songs

Congratulations to your baby, made while I was on vacation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:47, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Great picture, hope you had a nice vacation (you're making me crave a vacation too). —Kusma (talk) 22:05, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

It was great - pictured when you click on songs and scroll up - Thanksgiving in the U.S. - Bach said it in music for peace --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:17, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 November 2022

• News and notes: English Misplaced Pages editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"

• In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet"

• Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC

• Opinion: Privacy on Misplaced Pages in the cyberpunk future

• Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed

• Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality

• Book review: Writing the Revolution

• Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality

• Essay: The Six Million FP Man

• Tips and tricks: (Wiki)break stuff

• Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"

• Featured content: A great month for featured articles

• Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler

• Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Misplaced Pages

• Traffic report: Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

• CommonsComix: Joker's trick

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

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

Administrator changes

• Eddie891
• Euryalus
• TheresNoTime

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

Interface administrator changes

TheresNoTime

TheresNoTime

CheckUser changes

TheresNoTime

Oversight changes

TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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First Edit Day!

Hey, Kusma. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Misplaced Pages Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Best, Zeke (talk) 17:04, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Best, Zeke (talk) 17:04, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

You're about 7 hours early, but thanks :) It's been quite a while for me... —Kusma (talk) 17:09, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Better early then late. Have a good one! Thanks for everything you've done for WP! (P.S. the calendar does say today) Best, Zeke (talk) 17:14, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

For some bizarre reason I was listed today and tomorrow. Thanks for letting me know! —Kusma (talk) 17:37, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Kusma! 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! CAPTAIN RAJU 22:31, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Frederica Planta

On 21 December 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frederica Planta, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Frederica Planta designed cards to teach the children of George III and Queen Charlotte the history of England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frederica Planta. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Frederica Planta), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

		Happy Holidays
		Hello, I wish you the very best during the holidays. And I hope you have a very happy 2023! Bruxton (talk) 17:58, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, and the same to you! —Kusma (talk) 21:38, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 January 2023

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Misplaced Pages admins

• In the media: Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more

• Interview: ComplexRational's RfA debrief

• Technology report: Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Misplaced Pages project "at substantial risk of failure"

• Essay: Mobile editing

• Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee Election 2022

• Recent research: Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes

• Serendipity: Misplaced Pages about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical

• Featured content: Would you like to swing on a star?

• Traffic report: Football, football, football! Misplaced Pages Football Club!

• CommonsComix: #4: The Course of WikiEmpire

• From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Kusma!

Kusma,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Misplaced Pages.
— Moops 19:27, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

— Moops 19:27, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Sending a lot of the above... was the 'block worthy'... "offence"... :( — Moops 19:27, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Andrew Planta

On 6 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrew Planta, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite published scholarship to the contrary, Andrew Planta neither received a doctorate nor taught mathematics at Erlangen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Planta. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Andrew Planta), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

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

Administrator changes

• ComplexRational
• Extraordinary Writ

Stephen

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

Interface administrator changes

Nihiltres

CheckUser changes

Moneytrees

• Ivanvector
• SilkTork

Oversighter changes

• GeneralNotability
• Moneytrees

• Guerillero
• SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Your GA nomination of Elizabeth Parish

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Elizabeth Parish you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 20:42, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Elizabeth Parish

On 7 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elizabeth Parish, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Anna Maria Bowes escaped from her governess Elizabeth Parish by crawling over a plank to cross a narrow street? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth Parish. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Elizabeth Parish), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Elizabeth Parish

The article Elizabeth Parish you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Elizabeth Parish for comments about the article, and Talk:Elizabeth Parish/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 22:03, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Thinking out loud

Hi Kusma, Just puzzling something over, not disputing anything. I saw you blocked FA for having more than 20 AFC requests open. Could you explain how I can see how many AFC requests someone has open? Is this something you read off a page somewhere, or did you have to go thru and count them yourself? Floquenbeam (talk) 22:09, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

@Floquenbeam: I learned how to do this from @Extraordinary Writ's edit here. —Kusma (talk) 22:15, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Aha. I read that whole thread, but I guess I skimmed too fast. Thank you (and EW too). --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:19, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2023

• From the team: We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again

• Special report: Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020

• News and notes: Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion

• In the media: Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Misplaced Pages in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again

• Technology report: View it! A new tool for image discovery

• In focus: Busting into Grand Central

• Serendipity: How I bought part of Misplaced Pages – for less than $100

• Gallery: What is our responsibility when it comes to images?

• Humour: New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced

• Opinion: Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany

• Featured content: Flip your lid

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2022

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Signature Filing Deletion

Greetings: We have permission to use the copyright of smobserved.com. New link for that article: https://www.smobserved.com/story/2023/01/13/news/signature-filing-offers-online-filing-service-to-california-customers/7363.html Also, competitors such as Legal Zoom and Biz File Inc have existing wikipedia pages, so it seems fair for www.SignatureFiling.com to also have a page. DLEWIS527 (talk) 03:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

This is about Draft:Signature Filing, which was deleted as advertising in addition to the copyright concerns. If you want to submit a new article that is not advertising, make sure you observe WP:COI. Decisions whether an article about a company should be included in Misplaced Pages are not based on similarity between companies, but on coverage in reliable sources. —Kusma (talk) 07:12, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Warsangeli Sultanate

Hello,

Can we please restore this page. I am one of the earliest contributors to Wiki. I was surprised that the page was deleted and no reason was given for its deletion.

This history is authentic as there are many references that give details of its rule and accomplishments.

Sanaagian 67.4.153.225 (talk) 08:31, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

This has already been restored at Draft:Warsangali Sultanate. Following Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Warsangali Sultanate, this should not be moved to mainspace again unless more sources can be found. —Kusma (talk) 08:50, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Barnstar

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For reviewing 11 nominations for a total of 14 points during the June 2022 GAN Backlog Drive, I hereby award you this barnstar. Congratulations! Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 01:51, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Compromise

Pretty sure that this is not the case. Consult their block-log. Bishonen, fyi. TrangaBellam (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

@TrangaBellam, it was the AGF option. If this fits with earlier behaviour (which there was no time to thoroughly research), the indefinite block is also the correct first response. —Kusma (talk) 20:18, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Oh god not the mobile diff, TB, are you trying to kill me? Thanks for the ping, anyway. I'm afraid I too think the user quite capable of disruption without their account necessarily being compromised. They were certainly disruptive when I last had contact with them, in May 2022, but I got the impression that may have reflected a crisis IRL. Pinging @Abecedare: who unblocked them on certain conditions, and who may know more about the history than me. Bishonen | tålk 20:43, 19 January 2023 (UTC).

Just use User:Þjarkur/NeverUseMobileVersion.js and you never see mobile diffs :) If the user is known to have episodes of disruptiveness, we'll need to keep them blocked at least until the episode is over (but every nine months or so is a bit often for episodic disruption). Happy to defer to Abecedare. —Kusma (talk) 23:28, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, so am I. There's a script? Brilliant. What a pity Þjarkur seems to have left. Bishonen | tålk 04:11, 20 January 2023 (UTC).

@Bishonen: the script probably does not work with ScriptInstaller, just with directly loading as described at User:Þjarkur/NeverUseMobileVersion (don't ask me why). At least that's what it was like last time I tried. —Kusma (talk) 09:12, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Sure — I saw the direct-loading button and used it. (Very convenient, I wish other scripts had them.) It's working fine. Now I just glimpse the mobile diff, before being redirected to the right place. But, oh no, Abecedare last edited two months ago. :-( Bishonen | tålk 09:20, 20 January 2023 (UTC).

OK, either it was just me, or something has changed in how mobile mode interacts with skins. Great to hear it works as intended. Abecedare seems to have spells of inactivity somewhat regularly, so let's hope they'll be back. —Kusma (talk) 10:37, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

That's Abe's pattern, indeed. As for skins, obviously all sensible people use monobook. Even my socks do. Bishonen | tålk 11:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC).

I wanted to say "scripts". No idea why it came out as "skins". The only skin other than Monobook that I have used for any nontrivial amount of time was Modern, back in 2006. No idea why people use anything else :) —Kusma (talk) 12:10, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Barnstar of Diligence

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For your patience and thoroughness in your GA review of Taiwanese Mandarin. Thanks again! WhinyTheYounger (WtY)(talk, contribs) 20:36, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 54

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 54, November – December 2022

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• 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.
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Arbitration

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		For your participation and help at Misplaced Pages:Good Article proposal drive 2023. It wouldn't have been such a success without you. 🏵️Etrius ( Us) 20:42, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Just have to say

Your comment "used under a fair use claim" here was hilarious. Thanks for the laugh! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:40, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Always happy to provide entertainment :) —Kusma (talk) 16:20, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

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• Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
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• The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

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• Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
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• 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.
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WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
• Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
• FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
• TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
• Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, Trainsandotherthings, Lee Vilenski, Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, SounderBruce, Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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World War II and the history of Jews in Poland: Arbitration case opened

Hello Kusma,

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 04, 2023, which is when the first evidence phase closes. Submitted evidence will be summarized by Arbitrators and Clerks at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence/Summary. Owing to the summary style, editors are encouraged to submit evidence in small chunks sooner rather than more complete evidence later.

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For a guide to the arbitration process, see Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 55

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 55, January – February 2023

• New bundle partners:
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The Signpost: 20 March 2023

• News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate

• Eyewitness: Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians

• In the media: Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences

• Featured content: Way too many featured articles

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Thanks!

Hey, Kusma, just wanted to thank you for pointing out that I appear to have a missing pixel in my general effort to be mostly kind. You're right, and I appreciate the feedback, which I consider always a gift. Valereee (talk) 17:04, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Valereee, great to hear from you. I am not sure how right I am, but I am glad not to have to worry about our (somewhat more robust than usual) disagreement some time ago. I am sure that I am also less kind than I should be when I feel strongly enough about something and haven't had enough sleep and coffee :) Please do let me know if I get it wrong. —Kusma (talk) 17:54, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Nine years!

The gift of feedback is precious, as well as FAC ambition - I hope I'll get to your latest soon. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:38, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 April 2023

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

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DYK for Claire von Greyerz

On 5 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Claire von Greyerz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the children of papercutting artist Claire von Greyerz received some of their education together with Napoleon III? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Claire von Greyerz. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Claire von Greyerz), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk) 00:11, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you

I wanted to thank you for your comments on the Li Rui FA review. I appreciate your assistance in getting it to the state it's in today! —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:48, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

You're welcome! I always enjoy putting my rusty Chinese to some use. —Kusma (talk) 15:16, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Reviewers Award
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of the thorough, detailed and actionable reviews you have carried out at FAC. This work is very much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:09, 12 April 2023 (UTC)