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Hello, I am interested in hearing any comments you have about [[User talk:Sushil432|Sushil432]]'s unblock request(formerly Susthesurfer). I have some thoughts already but want to hear from you to see if I am right. Thanks [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 10:14, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
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:{{ping|331dot}} I would have no problem with an unblock. I would suggest that they take [[WP:ADVENTURE]] and use [[WP:FIRST]] for any article creation. A firm warning that anything like a sniff of promotional editing would result in an immediate reblock might be appropriate. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 15:29, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
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<div style="margin-left:177px;vertical-align: middle; border-top: 2px solid green;"> '''Hello Just Chilling: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great [[New Year]]!''' Cheers, [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 23:41, 31 December 2018 (UTC)</div>
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== Happy New Year, Just Chilling! ==
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'''Just Chilling''',<br />Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable [[New Year]], and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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== 23650 ==
 
Hey!
 
Sorry, clicked the "quick comment" box in error.-- [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 18:45, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 
== Administrators' newsletter – January 2019 ==
 
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:* Members of the [[WP:BAG|Bot Approvals Group]] (BAG) are [[Special:PermanentLink/874067212#Should BAG members have an activity requirement?|now subject to an activity requirement]]. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.
 
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:*Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new [[m:Password policy|password policy and requirements]]. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, [[mw:Wikimedia Security Team/Password strengthening 2019#Who this impacts|et al.]]) must have a password <u>at least 10 characters in length</u>. ''All'' accounts must have a password:
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== please undo your protection of a redirect ==
I agree that the consensus of the AFD was to redirect [[Fructus Tower]] to the corresponding list-article. But it is unprecedented as far as I know and it was not a consensus decision that the redirect should be protected for administrators only. Honestly I expect that no one is going to restore and develop a separate article, but protection would interfere with potential future legitimate development of the topic by some future innocent party using sources we don't happen to know about yet. You can have it on your watchlist, but I believe it is not proper to protect it. Would you please unprotect it, or give your opinion on the right forum to review this decision. I have participated in a few thousand AFDs, many involving decisions to redirect, and I do believe this is not normal practice. In general, IMO, undue protection sets up obstacles for future development, and I know of no edit-warring or whatever to justify special treatment here.
 
Like, for AFDs where the outcome is delete, a simple deletion is performed, and almost never is a "salting" done (which would prevent recreation of the article). It is almost always immediately the case that a new article could be created by anyone (which they should only do if they have substantial more to add, because they can see that in fact an AFD occured and they should jolly well consider the AFD discussion), and that is a good thing, not a problem.
 
The same also applies for your protecting [[Fructus Plaza]]. The combo of your actions with these and your edit(s) in the [[List of tallest buildings in Romania]] article actually would make it hard for a future editor to find the previous version of article, because they would not know of "Fructus Tower" having been the name of the article. It would be better for the record if the new [[Fructus Plaza]] article/redirect were deleted, then to move the [[Fructus Tower]] article to [[Fructus Plaza]] (and would exist as a redirect to the row in the list-article). And for none of these to be protected. Could you make those changes please?
 
Also, your edit summaries such as "Protected "Fructus Plaza": Redirect created as a result of an AFD" are not up to the standard... I believe the edit summary should specifically link to the AFD itself, i.e. to [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fructus Tower]]. Thank you for stepping in to help. I am guessing you might not have done a lot of this type of work yet. I do believe the guidelines for closing AFDs specify that wikilinking should be done in the edit summary. It helps future editors find their way.
 
Sincerely, --[[User:Doncram|Doncram]] ([[User talk:Doncram|talk]]) 09:35, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
:Pages unprotected. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 18:05, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
::Good enough, thanks. I made a further edit at each of the two redirects to link more clearly to the AFD. Thanks. --[[User:Doncram|Doncram]] ([[User talk:Doncram|talk]]) 20:07, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 
== Unban discussion for Thepoliticsexpert ==
 
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:* A [[Wikipedia:Administrators/2019 request for comment on inactivity standards|request for comment]] is currently open to reevaluate the [[WP:INACTIVITY|activity requirements]] for administrators.
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:* A [[Special:Permalink/879024821#RfC: The Sun|request for comment]] closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.
 
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:*A [[Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_page_protection#Reduce_size_of_instructions|discussion]] regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of [[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection]] is in progress ([[Special:Permalink/880669383#Reduce size of instructions|permalink]]). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at [[WP:PERM]], where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.
 
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== User:01leeteo ==
 
Hi,
 
Could you please take a look at this user for me?
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/01leeteo Here are their contributions].
 
Up until [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019_in_the_United_Kingdom&diff=prev&oldid=882204526 this edit] their contributions are OK. Then about 3 minutes after he made that edit, they made [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019_in_the_United_Kingdom&diff=prev&oldid=882204803 this one] which looks a little odd with the spelling issues. Then about 20 minutes later, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorraine_Kelly&diff=prev&oldid=882207605 this edit] was made followed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Allen_(UK_broadcaster)&diff=prev&oldid=882207806 this one].
 
I've asked them to explain their edits, and just got an unsigned response saying that they are true. However, Lorraine Kelly was not [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorraine_Kelly&diff=prev&oldid=882210268 born in 1929] and DJ Nihal was not [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DJ_Nihal&diff=prev&oldid=882211980 born in 1921.]
 
I'm wondering if this is a compromised account. Could you please look at the contributions and give me your opinion?-- [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 19:52, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
:{{ping|5 albert square}} Hi, I have been out most of today and I am travelling tomorrow until evening. From my initial look I can see your concerns. I want to take some time on this to study the edits and I will get back to you late tomorrow night. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 00:35, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
::Thanks. I just think it's a bit odd, normally this editor from what I can see tends to edit articles about events in the United Kingdom, their first nonsense edit is to such an article but then they're suddenly editing articles about UK television programmes and their broadcasters and vandalising them - a good job the Lorraine Kelly page is on my watchlist! [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:01leeteo&diff=next&oldid=882393767 I've challenged them again on their talk page again]. Very strange.-- [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 00:59, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
:::{{ping|5 albert square}} I have indeffed them. Either their account is compromised or they have decided to embark on agenda-driven vandalism. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 23:32, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
:::Thanks, I was considering doing that myself earlier considering the responses I'm getting are very strange. What threw me before though was the fact that they made a perfectly sensible edit and then barely a couple of minutes later they vandalised the article they previously edited OK and even created.-- [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 23:39, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
 
== Precious anniversary ==
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--[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 08:12, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 
Three years now! --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 08:23, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 
== UTRS Question ==
 
Hey Just Chilling! Did you mean to move [https://utrs.wmflabs.org/appeal.php?id=24096 this] appeal to the CU queue? I don't see anything for a CU to do there.-- [[User:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">Jezebel's '''Ponyo'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">''bons mots''</span>]]</sup> 20:27, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
:{{ping|Ponyo}} Hi, they are subject to a CU block so I can't amend it without consulting CU. My question on the uTRS appeal was "This block has now less than a week to run - can I convert it to anon-only, please?" I acknowledge I did bury the question a bit.;-) [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 22:03, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
::Ah, gotcha. I've made a note on the ticket.-- [[User:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">Jezebel's '''Ponyo'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">''bons mots''</span>]]</sup> 22:11, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 
== UTRS 24158 ==
 
I wonder if the third account will make an appeal?
 
Felt like I was starring in [[Groundhog Day (film)|Groundhog Day]] when I looked at the second appeal! {{laugh}}-- [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 00:42, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
:{{ping|5 albert square}} Yes, it will be interesting to see what they do next! Meanwhile, good catch! :-)
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermanentLink/882948111#Arbitration motion regarding Alex Shih|Alex Shih]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/881192391#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#February 2019|Brian]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/884565634#Request for desysopping (Mushroom)|Mushroom]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/882454408#Resignation|Nakon]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/881192391#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#February 2019|Oscarthecat]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/884598807#Request for de-sysoppificationing|PeruvianLlama]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/881192391#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#February 2019|Ragib]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/881192391#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#February 2019|Reaper Eternal]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/881192391#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#February 2019|Rossami]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/881192391#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#February 2019|Tom]]
 
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:*The RfC on [[Wikipedia:Administrators/2019 request for comment on inactivity standards|administrator activity requirements]] failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
:*Following discussions at [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27 noticeboard/Archive 40#Five year rule|the Bureaucrats' noticeboard]] and [[Special:Permalink/885266975#Removing "voluntary removal" from the 5-year etc rule|Wikipedia talk:Administrators]], an earlier change to the [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Restoration of adminship|restoration of adminship]] policy was [[Special:Diff/883929704/884420780|reverted]]. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:* A [[toolforge:ipcheck|new tool]] is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:*The Arbitration Committee announced [[Special:Permalink/883309481#New OTRS queues|two new OTRS queues]]. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., [[WP:COIN]] or [[WP:SPI]]).
:**<tt>{{Nospam|paid-en-wp|wikipedia.org}}</tt> has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive [[WP:PAID|paid editing]].
:**<tt>{{Nospam|checkuser-en-wp|wikipedia.org}}</tt> has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:*Following the [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2019|2019 Steward Elections]], the following editors have been appointed as stewards: [[meta:Stewards/Elections_2019/Statements/Base|Base]], [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2019/Statements/Einsbor|Einsbor]], [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2019/Statements/Jon Kolbert|Jon Kolbert]], [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2019/Statements/Schniggendiller|Schniggendiller]], and [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2019/Statements/Wim b|Wim b]].
 
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== AfD City West Housing ==
 
Hi [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]].
 
I refer to [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/City West Housing]]. Would you consider withdrawing? I note you state that you could not find anything except in relation [[Salford]]? It seems possible to me google has outsmarted you and filtered to your country/location?
 
Regards. [[User:Aoziwe|Aoziwe]] ([[User talk:Aoziwe|talk]]) 04:38, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 
== VoucherCodes Deletion ==
 
Hi [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]]
 
On 25th March, you moved the page [[VoucherCodes]] to [[Draft:VoucherCodes]] citing the reason as "NO chance of surviving an AFD without independent RS". Could you explain this a little further please? (Apologies, I'm still relatively new to this so would be good to get a better understanding).
 
I know the page has been removed before for unambiguous promotion, however I edited the copy heavily to move to a more neutral voice and removed any promotional material. I understand that the page is focused on one particular brand, however a competitor of ours ([[MyVoucherCodes]]) has a page incredibly similar to ours and seems to be allowed to remain with no issue.
 
Thanks [[User:TaylorJ1294|TaylorJ1294]] ([[User talk:TaylorJ1294|talk]])) 10:07, 3 April (BST) <!--Template:Undated--><small class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment added 09:08, 3 April 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
 
== Administrators' newsletter – April 2019 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (March 2019).
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[[File:Admin mop.PNG|20px|alt=]] '''Administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/887515566/Resysop request for Reaper Eternal|Reaper Eternal]] • [[Special:Permalink/888462874#Request for tools restoration|ThaddeusB]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/885843137#Level 1 desysop of Bogdangiusca|Bogdangiusca]] • [[Special:Permalink/889417203#Removal of status|Christopher Parham]] • [[Special:Permalink/889352853#Level_1_desysop_of_Necrothesp|Necrothesp]] • [[Special:Permalink/885588583#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#March 2019|Schneelocke]] • [[Special:Permalink/885588583#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#March 2019|Siroxo]] • [[Special:Permalink/885588583#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#March 2019|Sarah]]
:[[File:Pictogram voting rename.png|20px|alt=renamed|Renamed]] {{noping|Mentifisto}} → {{noping|Lofty abyss}}
 
[[File:Wikipedia Interface administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Interface administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/885587867#Inactive interface administrators 2019-02-28|Mr. Stradivarius]]
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/DeltaQuad|DeltaQuad]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[meta:Steward requests/Permissions/2019-03#Kingturtle@enwiki|Kingturtle]]
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[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:* In [[Special:Preferences]] under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there [[phab:T199534|is now an option]] to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a [[WP:Rollback|rollback]] link.
:* The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see [[:meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019]] to provide your input on this idea.
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* The Arbitration Committee [[Special:PermanentLink/887671285#Motion: Palestine-Israel articles|clarified]] that the [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles#General 1RR restriction|General 1RR prohibition]] for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{tl|ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:* Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. '''''If you have ever used your current password on ''any'' other website, you should change it immediately.''''' All admins are strongly encouraged to enable [[Wikipedia:Simple 2FA|two-factor authentication]], please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate [[Wikipedia:User account security|account security]] by ensuring your password is [[Password strength#Guidelines for strong passwords|secure]] and unique to Wikimedia.
:* As a reminder, according to [[WP:NOQUORUM]], administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a [[WP:PROD|proposed deletion]] (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.
 
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==UTRS requests not clearing==
Hi, just noticed that a UTRS request (24644) that you closed yesterday did not automatically update (clear) on this side. It's not isolated to that request; 24651 appears to have the same issue. Do you know anything about the mechanism that closes them? <b>[[User:Ohnoitsjamie|OhNo<span style="color: #D47C14;">itsJamie</span>]] [[User talk:Ohnoitsjamie|<sup>Talk</sup>]]</b> 13:52, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
:{{ping|Ohnoitsjamie}} Hi, thanks for this timely prompt. UTRS requests not closing has been an ongoing issue for some time. By this note I am pinging {{ping|TParis}}to see if they can offer any update, please? [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 23:29, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
:: This is the first I've heard of it. But UTRSBot appears to be down too.-v/r - [[User:TParis|T]][[User_talk:TParis|P]] 09:09, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 
== UTRS ==
 
Hello, you just denied UTRS ticket #24775 and I just wished to clarify some details as to why it's an issue - the primary being my work environment mandates the usage of a VPN. I do not know the requirements of IPBE as well as an UTRS admin but I believe that is a just cause, atleast with respect to IPBEs for one particular rangeblock. Turning off the VPN automatically means I cannot login to the work environment and going between Wikipedia and work (both of which are on-and-off things) makes it a repetitive and time-consuming process between losing connection while an IP address is allocated and then further if it's on and I get hit by an autoblock. It's hard enough as it is but it's not my choice, and while you reduced my UTRS rationale to "you can just switch off your VPN", I would like it if you imagined doing that for an entire day. I will not contest this if you say that there's no need for it, as I cannot provide a more compelling reason, to you or any other administrator. Thanks a lot for reviewing it either way. --<span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,sans-serif">[[User:QEDK|qedk]] ([[User talk:QEDK|t]] <span style="color:#fac">桜</span> [[Special:Contributions/QEDK|c]])</span> 16:54, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
:If editing without using a VPN is onerous due to your work environment, then that would meet the "demonstrates a need" requirement for IPBE (the requirement for "genuine and exceptional need" was relaxed after an RfC in June of 2018). You certainly meet the "trusted user" requirement.-- [[User:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">Jezebel's '''Ponyo'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">''bons mots''</span>]]</sup> 17:06, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
::{{ping|QEDK}} I am persuaded; IPBE granted. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 20:10, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
:::Thanks a lot for re-reviewing my request. --<span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,sans-serif">[[User:QEDK|qedk]] ([[User talk:QEDK|t]] <span style="color:#fac">桜</span> [[Special:Contributions/QEDK|c]])</span> 15:23, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 
== Thank you for everything you do! ♥ ==
 
<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; height: 50px; padding: 1em; border: solid 3px #2B547E; background-color: #E6E6FA;">[[File:Wikipe-tan mopping.svg|left|60px| ]] <div>Wishing '''[[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]]''' a very '''happy adminship anniversary''' on behalf of the '''[[WP:BDC|Wikipedia Birthday Committee]]'''! [[User:Coffeesweet|<span style="font-family:Harrington"><span style="color:#000000">Cof</span><span style="color:#770000">fee</span><span style="color:#BB0000">sweet</span></span>]] ([[User talk:Coffeesweet|talk]]) 18:36, 24 April 2019 (UTC)</div></div>
 
== UTRS question ==
 
Is there a reason why you reserve the new UTRS appeals in batches as opposed to just the one you are currently reviewing? There are many times I log in to UTRS as appeals show as outstanding at [[:CAT:RFU]] only to find you've reserved them all, sometimes up to hours before. I feel like I've asked you this previously but I can't remember your reasoning. While you do the lion's share at UTRS, which is hugely appreciated, I have to admit it's sort of an irritating habit. <small>(sorry!)</small> -- [[User:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">Jezebel's '''Ponyo'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Ponyo|<span style="color: Navy;">''bons mots''</span>]]</sup> 22:15, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:Sorry, I have to logoff now but will give you a response when next on. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 23:16, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 
== ArbCom 2019 special circular ==
 
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|<span style="font-size: 125%;">'''Administrators [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Security|must]] secure their accounts'''</span>
The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised.
* Use strong, unique passwords for your Wikipedia account and associated email
* [[Special:ChangePassword|Change your password now]] if your Wikipedia account password or email password is reused on another website, [https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords exposed], or weak
* [[Wikipedia:User_account_security#Two-factor authentication (2FA)|Enable two-factor authentication now]] for improved security
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: Recently, several Wikipedia admin accounts were compromised. The admin accounts were [[WP:LEVEL1|desysopped on an emergency basis]]. In the past, the Committee often resysopped admin accounts as a matter of course once the admin was back in control of their account. The committee has updated its guidelines. Admins may now be required to undergo a fresh [[WP:RFA|Request for Adminship (RfA)]] after losing control of their account.
 
; What do I need to do?
: Only to follow the instructions in this message.
:# Check that your password is unique (not reused across sites).
:# Check that your password is strong (not simple or guessable).
:# Enable Two-factor authentication (2FA), if you can, to create a second hurdle for attackers.
 
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<small>This message was sent to all administrators following a [[Special:Permalink/891851004#Return of permissions for compromised administrator accounts|recent motion]]. Thank you for your attention. For the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]], [[User:Cameron11598|Cameron11598]] 03:02, 4 May 2019 (UTC)</small>
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== Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular) ==
 
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.
 
Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Security|required]] to "have strong passwords and [[Wikipedia:Personal security practices|follow appropriate personal security practices]]." We have [[Special:Permalink/891851004#Return of permissions for compromised administrator accounts|updated]] our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, [[WP:2FA|two-factor authentication]] remains an ''optional'' means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.
 
We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.
 
For the Arbitration Committee, -[[User:Cameron11598|Cameron11598]] 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)</small>
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== Administrators' newsletter – May 2019 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (April 2019).
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/HickoryOughtShirt?4|HickoryOughtShirt?4]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RexxS|RexxS]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/891824354#Restoration of sysop privileges to Necrothesp|Necrothesp]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/890443271#De-Sysopping Request|Bratsche]] • [[Special:Permalink/890378697#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2018#April 2019|Kyle Barbour]] • [[Special:Permalink/890378697#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2018#April 2019|Kzollman]] • [[Special:Permalink/890378697#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2018#April 2019|Madman]]
 
[[File:Wikipedia Interface administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Interface administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/894628680#Inactive_interface_administrators_2019-04-28|Pharos]]
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Primefac|Primefac]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[:m:Special:Permalink/19057653#Reaper Eternal@en.wikipedia|Reaper Eternal]]
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:* A [[Special:PermanentLink/894511025#Request for comment: Require that users be autocofirmed before they can create pages in the Portal: space|request for comment]] concluded that creating pages in the [[Wikipedia:Portal|portal namespace]] should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
:* Following a [[Special:Permalink/895275726#Request for comment regarding PORNBIO|request for comment]], the [[Wikipedia:Glossary#SNG|subject-specific notability guideline]] for pornographic actors and models ([[WP:PORNBIO]]) was [[Special:Diff/889294706|removed]]; in its place, editors should consult [[WP:ENT]] and [[WP:GNG]].
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:* [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/adminstats XTools Admin Stats], a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/stewardstats Steward Stats] and [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/patrollerstats Patroller Stats].
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee [[Special:Permalink/891851004#Return of permissions for compromised administrator accounts|passed a motion]] amending the [[WP:RETURN|procedures for return of permissions]] ([[Special:Diff/881241712/891851441|diff]]). In such cases, {{tq|the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions}}; administrators found failing to have adequately done so {{tq|will not be resysopped automatically}}. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
:* Following a [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy/Proposed amendment (April 2019)|formal ratification process]], the [[WP:ARBPOL|arbitration policy]] has been amended ([[Special:Diff/892690213|diff]]). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:* A [[Wikipedia:Village_pump (policy)#RfC: community general sanctions and deletions|request for comment]] is currently open to amend the [[Wikipedia:General sanctions#Community sanctions|community sanctions procedure]] to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
:* A [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Proposal about some indefinite IP blocks|proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks]] is currently open for discussion.
 
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== Global blocks ==
 
Hey, just following up on UTRS 25302. I went ahead and granted local IPBE when I saw the request on meta (because of the recent China problems, I follow those so I can grant locally when needed.) Local IPBE allows a user to edit through global blocks. Global IPBE does not allow a user to edit through local blocks. Depending on the users xwiki activity (and the steward who sees the request), they are likely to kick back someone who only wants global IPBE to us to give it locally. In cases where a user wants to edit through a global block only on en.wiki, just letting a local CU review for en.wiki IPBE is usually the quickest way to get it done :) [[User:TonyBallioni|TonyBallioni]] ([[User talk:TonyBallioni|talk]]) 19:44, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
:Ah! That's very helpful; thanks! :-) [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 20:08, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
::No problem. It also motivated me to write [[WP:GIPBE]]. I have to remind people on the functionaries list of this sometimes as well, so having it documented is probably the best way to avoid confusion. [[User:TonyBallioni|TonyBallioni]] ([[User talk:TonyBallioni|talk]]) 20:15, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:File:George Herbert Hirst.jpg]] ==
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== UTRS Troll ==
 
Hey!
 
Do we know which user is doing this? I've come across a couple of the trolls requests before but only once they've been closed. The reason I picked up that Citation bot's UTRS appeal was likely to be them is because there's already an unblock discussion about the bot's block on its own talk page. That and Citation bot's operator is actually an administrator and so knows how the unblock system works.-- [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 20:03, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
:We don't know who it is but we have a strategy for dealing with them that I don't want to publicise here. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 21:27, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
::Can you email it to me please so I know what to do? You should be able to email me through Wikipedia now :)-- [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 21:54, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
:::[https://utrs.wmflabs.org/appeal.php?id=25368 They're back!]-- [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 17:27, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 
== The IP editor who adds lots of (the)s, changes tenses, and mixes date formats ==
 
User talk:{{u|24.191.243.36}} has returned after the three month restriction you placed on IP 24.19.243.36—six edits in May, two so far in June. Same m.o. Sorry to drop this on you, but you did sign your post. — [[User:Neonorange|Neonorange]] ([[User talk:Neonorange|Phil]]) 02:15, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 
== Administrators' newsletter – June 2019 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (May 2019).
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/895004908#Inactive admins for May 2019|Andonic]] • [[Special:Permalink/895404956#Resignation request for deadminship|Consumed Crustacean]] • [[Special:Permalink/895778996#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Enigmaman closed|Enigmaman]] • [[Special:Permalink/898839520#Please remove sysop flag|Euryalus]] • [[Special:Permalink/895004908#Inactive admins for May 2019|EWS23]] • [[Special:Permalink/899442446#Removal of admin privileges|HereToHelp]] • [[Special:Permalink/898345674#Nv8200pa|Nv8200pa]] • [[Special:Permalink/895004908#Inactive admins for May 2019|Peripitus]] • [[Special:Permalink/899448124#Removal of admin privileges|StringTheory11]] • [[Special:Permalink/897486213#Admin_resignation|Vejvančický]]
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[:meta:Special:PermanentLink/19078028#Ivanvector@enwiki|Ivanvector]]
 
[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:*An [[Wikipedia talk:Harassment#RfC: Clarification of OUTING|RfC]] seeks to clarify whether [[WP:OUTING]] should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
:*An [[Special:PermaLink/897750777#Is_RfX_a_vote,_or_a_consensus_discussion?_(RfC)|RfC on WT:RfA]] concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
:*An [[Special:PermaLink/895802515#RfC:_Proposal_to_make_TfD_more_RM-like,_as_a_clearinghouse_of_template_discussions|RfC proposal]] to make the [[WP:Templates for discussion|templates for discussion]] (TfD) process more like the [[WP:Requested moves|requested moves]] (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:*The CSD feature of [[WP:TW|Twinkle]] now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your [[Wikipedia:Twinkle/Preferences#twinkle-config-section-8|Twinkle preferences]]: look for ''Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria''.
:*Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:*The [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_158#Proposal_about_some_indefinite_IP_blocks|previously discussed]] unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT III 6|approved]] and has taken place.
:*The [[mw:Talk pages consultation 2019|2019 talk pages consultation]] produced a [[mw:Talk pages consultation 2019/Phase 1 report|report for Phase 1]] and has entered [[Wikipedia:Talk pages consultation 2019/Phase 2|Phase 2]].
 
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== {{utrs|25508}} ==
 
Hi. I've made a comment at {{utrs|25508}}, and I hope you don't mind if I give you a heads-up in case nobody has seen it. I'd like someone else to take it over. [[User:Boing! said Zebedee|Boing! said Zebedee]] ([[User talk:Boing! said Zebedee|talk]]) 09:30, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
:Happy to take it over. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 12:22, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 
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== Administrators' newsletter – July 2019 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (June 2019).
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/903903052#Desysop request|28bytes]] • [[Special:Permalink/903912191#Resigning (Ad Orientem)|Ad Orientem]] • [[Special:Permalink/901441084#Desysop (Ansh666)|Ansh666]] • [[Special:PermaLink/903924436#desysop request (Beeblebrox)|Beeblebrox]] • [[Special:PermaLink/902976109#Desysop please - Boing! said Zebedee|Boing! said Zebedee]] • [[Special:Permalink/901437827#Desysop request|BU Rob13]] • [[Special:PermaLink/903125555#Desysop request - Dennis Brown|Dennis Brown]] • [[Special:Permalink/904054904#Desysop request – Deor|Deor]] • [[Special:Permalink/904015435#Desysop DoRD|DoRD]] • {{noping|Floquenbeam}}<sup><small>1</small></sup> • [[Special:Permalink/899732215#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#June 2019|Flyguy649]] • {{noping|Fram}}<sup><small>2</small></sup> • [[Special:PermaLink/902880819#Desysop request - Gadfium|Gadfium]] • [[Special:Permalink/903461980#Remove sysop from User:GB fan|GB fan]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/903943689#Desysop request Jonathunder|Jonathunder]] • [[Special:Permalink/903074022#Desysop request -- Kusma|Kusma]] • [[Special:Permalink/903448764#Yes.... (desysop for Lectonar)|Lectonar]] • [[Special:Permalink/899732215#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#June 2019|Moink]] • [[Special:Permalink/903852486#Unable to continue|MSGJ]] • [[Special:Permalink/901492732#Desysop|Nick]] • [[Special:Permalink/900431506#Desysopping of Od Mishehu|Od Mishehu]] • [[Special:Permalink/900580912#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rama closed|Rama]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/904225604#Desysop Request|Spartaz]] • [[Special:Permalink/899732215#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#June 2019|Syrthiss]] • [[Special:Permalink/901653463#Desysop (TheDJ)|TheDJ]] • [[Special:Permalink/903537239#Resignation|WJBscribe]]
::<sup><small>1</small></sup><small>{{noping|Floquenbeam}}'s access was [[meta:Special:Redirect/logid/31888511|removed]], then [[Special:Diff/901594097|restored]], then [[Special:PermaLink/903895939|removed again]].</small>
::<sup><small>2</small></sup><small>{{noping|Fram}}'s access was [[meta:Special:Redirect/logid/31873507|removed]], then [[Special:Diff/903482624|restored]], then [[Special:Diff/903498933|removed again]].</small>
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[:meta:Special:PermaLink/19175907#28bytes@enwiki|28bytes]] • [[:meta:Special:PermaLink/19173048#WJBscribe@enwiki|WJBscribe]] • [[:meta:Special:PermaLink/19179107#Wizardman@en.wp|Wizardman]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/903852486#Unable to continue|MSGJ]] • [[Special:Permalink/901653463#Desysop (TheDJ)|TheDJ]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[:meta:Special:Permalink/19177926|Beeblebrox]] • [[:meta:Special:Permalink/19150806#BU Rob13@en.wikipedia|BU Rob13]] • [[:meta:Special:Permalink/19175820#User DoRD@enwiki|DoRD]] • [[Special:Permalink/901535387#Changes to Oversight team|GB fan]]
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:* A [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#RfC: Alteration of Account Creation Limits/Account Creator Rights|request for comment]] seeking to alleviate pressures on the [[Wikipedia:Request an account|request an account (ACC)]] process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the [[Wikipedia:Account creator|account creator permission]] on request to new ACC tool users.
::*In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the [[phab:T212667|mitigation activity]] completed.
:* The scope of [[WP:CSD#G8|CSD criterion G8]] has [[Special:PermanentLink/902425211#Tightening G8 with respect to redirects|been tightened]] such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
:* The scope of [[WP:CSD#G14|CSD criterion G14]] has [[Special:PermanentLink/902639054#Deletion of redundant (disambiguation) redirects|been expanded slightly]] to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
:* A [[Wikipedia talk:Office actions#RfC|request for comment]] seeks to determine whether [[Wikipedia:Office actions]] should be a policy page or an information page.
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:* The Wikimedia Foundation's [[:meta:Community health initiative|Community health initiative]] plans to design and build a [[:meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019|new user reporting system]] to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:* In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) [[:meta:Special:Diff/18886804|changed its office actions policy]] to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop {{noping|Fram}}. This action has resulted in [[WP:FRAM|significant community discussion]], a [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#WJBscribe|request for arbitration]] ([[Special:PermanentLink/904388429#WJBscribe|permalink]]), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an [[Special:PermanentLink/904148460#Open letter to the WMF Board|open letter to the WMF Board]].
 
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== Remove my IPBE bit ==
I have exhausted my need for IPBE and do not need it in the foreseeable future (for a month atleast), thus I think it's best if you remove it. With thanks. --<span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,sans-serif">[[User:QEDK|<span style="color:black">qedk</span>]] ([[User talk:QEDK|<span style="color:black">t</span>]] 桜 [[Special:Contributions/QEDK|<span style="color:black">c</span>]])</span> 15:09, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
* Done. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 18:55, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 
== unblcok appeals ==
 
I'm on vacation from work, so I'm going through the Unblock back log. Got two now that I'm awaiting editor response on. Imagine waiting all this time, and when someone seriously puts serious effort into these difficult cases, the users are not around. &nbsp; [[User:Dlohcierekim|Dlohcierekim]] ([[User talk:Dlohcierekim|talk]]) 19:49, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 
== unblock ==
 
Hi Just Chilling
 
I am the italian user from ip range 151.48.0.0/17 who made an unblock request by utrs
 
You say "there is no restriction on users creating an account on en-wiki" this is not correct
 
To create this account i am using right now i had to connect from another ip range because if i try creating an account in en.wikipedia.org from the blocked ip range the following message appears
 
'Editing from your IP address range (151.48.0.0/17) has been blocked (disabled) on all Wikimedia wikis until 19:38, 13 December 2019 by [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Masti Masti] (meta.wikimedia.org) for the following reason:
 
Cross-wiki spam: spambot
 
This block began on 19:38, 13 June 2019'
 
After creating an account by bypassing this block as i did i am actually able to log in and edit from the blocked ip range but to do this a user has to bybass the block somehow first to create an account
 
Since the reason of the steward's global block was a user who created several accounts from this ip range just to spam messages ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/Masti&offset=20190615224135&limit=20 ) the way this block works does not protect wikipedia from the vandal's spam because he could do as i did to create new accounts to spam but just prevents good unregistered users connecting from this ip range to help with their constructive contributions
 
Take in consideration the possibility to change the block settings please in order to allow anonymous users to edit en.wikipedia.org while leaving account creation disallowed
 
In case they abuse in any way then the block can be set again but i am sure that no disruptive edits will come from this ip range at least not more than from any other ip range not blocked on en.wikipedia.org
 
Semplicemente Agghiacciante
 
* {{ping|Semplicemente Agghiacciante}} - I have checked the block settings and confirmed that they are set to allow account creation. If this was not possible then clearly there has been a glitch and I regret the inconvenience. Accounts can always be requested [https://accounts.wmflabs.org/index.php here]. Restricting editing to account-holders only allows us to track who is editing. Since this is a global block, in view of your reservations, then the way forward would be for you to appeal to the stewards by one of the means that I previously advised you. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 12:28, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 
Thank you for checking !
 
If there is a glitch could you please report it to somebody who can fix it ?
 
What i do not understand is the need of blocking anonymous users who had not done anything wrong since the cause of the block was an abuse in account creation which instead you say is allowed
 
This seems absurd to me because it should work exactly in the opposite way...instead in this way the vandal would be free to continue with his massive account creation while all the other unguilty users will be prevented from contributing
 
Semplicemente Agghiacciante
 
* {{ping|Semplicemente Agghiacciante}} Sorry, if I sound repetitive, but all this now is a matter for the stewards. I doubt that they will be able to establish why you were not able to create an account because it will depend on the procedure that you adopted but by all means raise this with them. I understand the points that you are making with regard to the effects of the block but, again, as a global block it is for them. There is nothing more we can do at this end. The key positive is that you now have created an account. Happy editing! [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 22:00, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 
Well ok then
 
I will try asking some stewards about this issue
 
May you tell me the name of some english stewards i can ask ?
 
It would be even better if you could report about this glitch to somebody you know he might be able to check and fix it
 
Thank you anyway for replying
 
Semplicemente Agghiacciante
 
* {{ping|Semplicemente Agghiacciante}} - The stewards can be contacted by one of the means described [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global here].[[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 12:33, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 
I already tried a few of those methods but without success
 
I will continue trying then
 
Semplicemente Agghiacciante
 
== utrs 25825 ==
 
Hello.
I tried requsting CU, and it said it couldn't. It won't let me release and it's out of "new".&nbsp; [[User:Dlohcierekim|Dlohcierekim]] ([[User talk:Dlohcierekim|talk]]) 11:55, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
* {{ping|Dlohcierekim}} Hi, thanks for alerting me. Now sorted. Please see my comment on the appeal. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 12:08, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
* I've followed up and both you and {{u|Dlohcierekim}} may be interested.<br />&nbsp;—&nbsp;[[User:Berean Hunter|<span style="font-family:High Tower Text;color:#0000ff;font-weight:900;">Berean Hunter</span>]] [[User talk :Berean Hunter|<span style="font-family:High Tower Text;color:#0000ff;font-weight:900;">(talk)</span>]] 21:24, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 
== Regarding broken redirects... ==
 
Sorry to [[<!--Capt. Price (disambiguation)-->Special:Diff/905203193|bother you]]. I've done some more research and [[User:AnomieBOT III|AnomieBOT III]] would have taken care of that particular problem. It's still obviously generally a good idea to check WLH, but not necessary in a self-iniated situation like this. [[User:Retro|<span style="color:red">Retro</span>]] ([[User talk:Retro#top|<span style="color:green">talk</span>]] &#124; [[Special:Contribs/Retro|<span style="color:blue">contribs</span>]]) 17:50, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 
{{ping|Retro}} Ah! That's helpful; thanks! :-) [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 22:56, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 
== Cristina Gough ==
 
Hi! Just gonna say that your closure of [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christina Gough]] and explanation is top notch! Sadly, I feel this will be the subject of a deletion review by accusing that you did a [[WP:SUPERVOTE]]. Personally, I am getting quite annoyed at billions of sport related BLP permastubs that squeak through (too inclusive) sport guidelines. [[User:Jovanmilic97|Jovanmilic97]] ([[User talk:Jovanmilic97|talk]]) 09:43, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
:While your explanation was clear, thank you, I think it was also clear that the consensus was that [[WP:NCRICK]] does not reflect community assessment of notability in rating men's regional finals above women's. And yes, many articles about sportspeople have been kept without SIGCOV, because they meet the relevant sports criteria - so in this case, for me, it came down to whether the [[WP:NCRICK]] criteria should distinguish in this way between men's and women's games. Most participants in this AfD thought that they should not. I guess that will have to be taken up at [[WP:NCRICK]]. [[User:RebeccaGreen|RebeccaGreen]] ([[User talk:RebeccaGreen|talk]]) 08:59, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
::Thank you for your sentiments. I agree that the [[WP:NCRICK]] guidelines are not clear and would benefit from a discussion. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 18:51, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 
== Block ==
 
Please block [[user:84.13.26.48 ]] for vandalism. [[Special:Contributions/99.53.112.186|99.53.112.186]] ([[User talk:99.53.112.186|talk]]) 21:13, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
:Already blocked - someone beat me to it! [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 21:19, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 
==Christopher C. Lee==
Thank you for concluding [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher C. Lee (2nd nomination)|the AfD]] and for deleting. This was the fourth time that "Christopher C. Lee" had been deleted. If the article isn't salted, I expect that it will be re-created and re-deleted, wasting yet more of people's time. How about salting it? -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary|talk]]) 13:22, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
:NaCl applied. I have also protected [[Christopher C Lee]]. You may wish to keep an eye out for other name variations. [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 20:45, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 
== [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lopača (river)]] ==
 
Could you help me understand [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FLopa%C4%8Da_%28river%29&type=revision&diff=907588812&oldid=906586695 your closure] of this AfD, especially "The user account was globally locked on 16 July but the article was created on 14 July." Am I to understand G5 speedies require the page to be somehow created ''after'' the account is blocked? Бајеццобола was blocked on bs.wiki [https://bs.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Posebno:Protokol/block&page=Korisnik%3A%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0 on 8. July] for abuse of multiple accounts, well before the article was created; it merely took the stewards longer to get to the case. Yahadzija was globally banned in 2017; any edit thereafter is illegitimate, and this is an unambiguous sock (I'm a CU, FWIW). [[User:elcobbola|<span style="color:#038"><i>'''Эlcobbola'''</i></span>]]&nbsp;<sub>[[User talk:elcobbola|talk]]</sub> 22:56, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
:I had misread the logs; if you refresh the AfD you will see that I rapidly fixed it. Sorry for the inconvenience! [[User:Just Chilling|Just Chilling]] ([[User talk:Just Chilling#top|talk]]) 22:58, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 
==[[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Johannes_Wahlström_(2nd_nomination)]]==
 
Hi sorry to ask about this- as you have closed the nomination already.
 
There seem to be 4 votes for delete/merge including myself? And only 2 votes for keep (after striking the sockpuppet)? But the two votes, who also voted last time, for keep didn't provide any arguments in the discussion (i.e. evidence of secondary sourcing), when they were asked to? The article is primarily self-sourcing to his own organization or WP:OR, based on the Swedish article - it is also not secondary coverage, and was possibly created by someone connected to the subject in the original version.
 
Also how many votes usually constitute a consensus in these nominations? (i.e. there are 4 votes for merge/delete vs 2 votes for keep, but this is no consensus and closure of the discussion already)?
[[User:Avaya1|Avaya1]] ([[User talk:Avaya1|talk]]) 00:44, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 
== Your close of [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martin Concepcion (2nd nomination)]] ==
 
You closed this with the statement "Overwhelming consensus that this boxer does not meet notability guidelines". Would you consider removing this, as nearly all of the arguments for deletion were based on speedy deletion criteria G4 and G5, which have nothing whatsoever to do with the subject's notability? Thanks. --[[User:Michig|Michig]] ([[User talk:Michig|talk]]) 06:33, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 
*<small>(talk page buttinsky)</small> Seems to me that the consensus was three-fold: the subject was non-notable, the first AfD got it right, and the speedy deletion tags shouldn't have been removed because they were correct. The close should reflect those, but I don't think it's so important that I'd march off to DRV to insist on it. [[User:Reyk|<b style="color: Maroon;">Reyk</b>]] <sub>[[User talk:Reyk|<b style="color: Blue;">YO!</b>]]</sub> 09:59, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 
== Deleted Article "Felix Chidi Idiga" ==
 
Hello Just Chilling,
 
You recently deleted an article i wrote about a subject "Felix Chidi Idiga" for not meeting up with [[WP:GNG]]. I am soliciting for your help to improve the article as the subject is a well known and a renowned businessman in Nigeria with a lot of reliable media sources covering his expedition.[[User:Jesusonogor|Jesusonogor]] ([[User talk:Jesusonogor|talk]]) 09:27, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 
== Administrators' newsletter – August 2019 ==
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Johnuniq|Johnuniq]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kosack|Kosack]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Valereee|Valereee]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:PermanentLink/906546613#Requesting Re-sysop (Ad Orientem)|Ad Orientem]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/907605268#Resysop request (Ched)|Ched]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/905145733#Resysop request - Gadfium|Gadfium]] • [[Special:Permalink/905427394#Resysop_request - Jonathunder|Jonathunder]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/906578983#Requesting Re-sysop (Nick)|Nick]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/907046219#Resysop request (Yelyos)|Yelyos]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermanentLink/904254003#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#July 2019|Bald Zebra]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/904625548#Desysop request - Dirk Beetstra|Beetstra]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/904254003#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#July 2019|Doug Bell]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/904254003#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#July 2019|Journalist]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/904254003#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#July 2019|Ruud Koot]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/904254003#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#July 2019|Splash]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/904625875#Desysop request - Voice of Clam|Voice of Clam]]
 
[[File:Wikipedia Interface administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Interface administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/908317466#Inactive_interface_administrators_2019-07-28|Dinoguy1000]]
 
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[[File:Oversight logo.png|20px|alt=]] '''Oversight changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:PermanentLink/908240983#Oversight permission restored to Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermanentLink/908973274#RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]]
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:* Following a [[Special:PermanentLink/907699388#RfC|request for comment]], the page [[Wikipedia:Office actions]] has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
:* A [[Wikipedia talk:Administrators#Resysop criteria: RfC on principles|request for comment]] ([[Special:PermanentLink/908836402#Resysop criteria: RfC on principles|permalink]]) is in progress regarding the [[WP:INACTIVITY|administrator inactivity policy]].
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* Editors [[Special:PermanentLink/906525834#Motion: Discretionary Sanctions: Awareness and alerts|may now use]] the template {{tl|Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that [[WP:AC/DS|discretionary sanctions]] are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to [[WP:AC/DS#aware.alert|alert]] them.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:*Following a [[meta:Research:IP masking impact report|research project]] on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to [[meta:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|improve the privacy of IP editors]]. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the [[meta:Talk:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|talk page]].
:*The [[WP:NPR|new page reviewer right]] is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at [[Special:NewPagesFeed]], but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers/Newsletter list|here to the NPP newsletter]] that appears every two months, and/or putting [[WT:NPR|the reviewers' talk page]] on your watchlist.<p>Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights [[WP:HATCOLLECTING|removal for inactivity]] at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.
 
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== Administrators' newsletter – September 2019 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (August 2019).
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[[File:Admin mop.PNG|20px|alt=]] '''Administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Project:Requests_for_adminship/Bradv|Bradv]] • [[Project:Requests_for_adminship/Chetsford|Chetsford]] • [[Project:Requests_for_adminship/Izno|Izno]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Floquenbeam 2|Floquenbeam]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/908574249#Resysop request - Lectonar|Lectonar]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermanentLink/908788971#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#August 2019|DESiegel]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/909206696#Desysop Request (Jake Wartenberg)|Jake Wartenberg]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/908788971#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#August 2019|Rjanag]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/908788971#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#August 2019|Topbanana]]
 
[[File:Checkuser Logo.svg|20px|alt=]] '''CheckUser changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermanentLink/911513837#Resignation of Callanecc|Callanecc]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/911557236#Changes to functionary team|LFaraone]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/911557236#Changes to functionary team|There'sNoTime]]
 
[[File:Oversight logo.png|20px|alt=]] '''Oversight changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermanentLink/911513837#Resignation of Callanecc|Callanecc]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/911557236#Changes to functionary team|Fox]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/911557236#Changes to functionary team|HJ Mitchell]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/911557236#Changes to functionary team|LFaraone]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/911557236#Changes to functionary team|There'sNoTime]]
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:* Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Advanced_mobile_contributions|advanced features]] via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
:* The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) [[phab:T201520|now includes]] two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* A [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019|request for comment]] is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019|2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election]] and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:* A [[meta:Requests for comment/Creating abusefilter-manager global group|global request for comment]] is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify [[WP:Edit filter|edit filters]] across all public Wikimedia wikis.
 
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== Please ==
 
change your decision at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunil Khandbahale]] to ''No Consensus''. I forgot to watch-list the page and thus, failed to respond to Anne. Rajesh Patil is an obvious paid-editor who has been editing for ''years'' on this ''single'' topic. [[User:Winged Blades of Godric|<span style="color: red">&#x222F;</span><span style="font-family:Verdana"><b style="color:#070">WBG</b></span>]][[User talk:Winged Blades of Godric|<sup><span style="color:#00F">converse</span></sup>]] 10:02, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 
== Moatassemakmal ==
 
Hey I am Egyptian user from IP range 102.186.7.183 Can you restore UTRS access than you block me since May so I can make one block appeal it's my only chance to do it please?. 102.186.7.183 <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/102.186.7.183|102.186.7.183]] ([[User talk:102.186.7.183#top|talk]]) 06:17, 30 September 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
 
== Administrators' newsletter – October 2019 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (September 2019).
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[[File:Admin mop.PNG|20px|alt=]] '''Administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Barkeep49|Barkeep49]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/914669131#Resysop request: Beetstra|Beetstra]] • [[Special:Permalink/915654259#Resysop request (KillerChihuahua)|KillerChihuahua]] • [[Special:Permalink/914669131#Resysop request (Kusma)|Kusma]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermaLink/913421351#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#September 2019|Arcadian]] • [[Special:PermaLink/913421351#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#September 2019|Extraordinary Machine]] • [[Special:Permalink/918205727#Desysop request (Xeno)|Xeno]]
:[[File:Pictogram voting rename.png|20px|alt=renamed|Renamed]] [[Special:Permalink/916553937#Request for move of admin rights from JamesBWatson to JBW|JamesBWatson]] → {{noping|JBW}}
 
[[File:Wikipedia Interface administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Interface administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/913861106#Inactive interface administrators 2019-08-28|Evad37]]
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/915052474#Resignation_of_Courcelles|Courcelles]] • [[Special:Permalink/917311867#Resignation of SilkTork|SilkTork]] • [[meta:Special:Permalink/19402757#Timotheus_Canens@en.wikipedia|Timotheus Canens]]
 
[[File:Oversight logo.png|20px|alt=]] '''Oversight changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/915052474#Resignation_of_Courcelles|Courcelles]] • [[Special:Permalink/917311867#Resignation of SilkTork|SilkTork]] • [[meta:Special:Permalink/19402757#Timotheus_Canens@en.wikipedia|Timotheus Canens]]
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:*Following [[Special:Permalink/914738329#Proposal for C2F speedy deletion process|a discussion]], a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: [[WP:C2F|C2F: One eponymous article]], which {{tq|applies if the category contains ''only'' an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories}}.
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:*As [[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter/2019/1|previously noted]], tighter [[meta:Password policy|password requirements]] for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:*The [[WP:CUOS2019|2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process]] has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
:*The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram|arbitration case regarding]] {{noping|Fram}} was [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram#Final decision 2|closed]]. While there will be a local RfC {{tq|focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future}}, there is currently a global [[meta:Office actions/Community consultation on partial and temporary office actions/09 2019|community consultation on partial and temporary office actions]] in response to the [[WP:FRAM|incident]]. It will be open until October 30th.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:*The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and [[meta:Community Tech/Watchlist Expiry|welcomes feedback]].
 
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== Administrators' newsletter – November 2019 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (October 2019).
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Girth Summit|Girth Summit]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kees08|Kees08]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nosebagbear|Nosebagbear]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/919861454#Request for reinstatement (DESiegel)|DESiegel]] • [[Special:Permalink/921872334#Request_return_of_admin_rights_(GB_fan)|GB fan]] • [[Special:Permalink/919199766#Request (MSGJ)|MSGJ]] • [[Special:Permalink/923035617#Resysop request - Voice of Clam|Voice of Clam]] • [[Special:Permalink/919437002#Permissions (WilyD)|WilyD]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/922182705#Desysop (DeltaQuad)|DeltaQuad]] • [[Special:Permalink/918944073#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#October 2019|Fang Aili ]] • [[Special:Permalink/918944073#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#October 2019|Pakaran]]
 
[[File:Wikipedia bureaucrat.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Bureaucrat changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[meta:Special:Permalink/19479808#DeltaQuad@en.wikipedia|DeltaQuad]] • [[Special:Permalink/918944073#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2019#October 2019|Pakaran]]
 
[[File:Wikipedia Interface administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Interface administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/919199766#Request (MSGJ)|MSGJ]]
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|L235]] • [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|Mz7]] • [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|SQL]] • [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|ST47]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|Ivanvector]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[meta:Special:Permalink/19479808#DeltaQuad@en.wikipedia|DeltaQuad]]
 
[[File:Oversight logo.png|20px|alt=]] '''Oversight changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|L235]] • [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|Mz7]] • [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|ST47]] • [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed| Stwalkerster]] • [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|The Blade of the Northern Lights]] • [[Special:Permalink/921215740#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed|Xaosflux]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[meta:Special:Permalink/19479808#DeltaQuad@en.wikipedia|DeltaQuad]] • [[Special:Permalink/922419021#Changes_to_functionary_team|DGG]] • [[meta:Special:Permalink/19426858#Julia_W@enwiki|Julia W]]
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:* An [[Special:Permalink/919786962#Resysop_criteria:_RfC_on_principles|RfC was closed]] with the consensus that the [[WP:RESYSOP|resysop criteria]] should be made stricter.
::* The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2)]].
:* A [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 community sentiment on binding desysop procedure|related RfC]] is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* Eligible editors may now [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019/Candidates|nominate themselves as candidates]] for the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019|2019 Arbitration Committee Elections]]. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.
 
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The [[WP:ARBCOM|Arbitration Committee]] is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration|Wikipedia arbitration process]]. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose [[WP:BAN|site bans]], [[WP:TBAN|topic bans]], editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy|arbitration policy]] describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
 
If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019/Candidates|the candidates]] and submit your choices on the '''[[Special:SecurePoll/vote/{{Arbitration Committee candidate/data|2019|poll}}|voting page]]'''. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{tlx|NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 00:07, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – December 2019 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (November 2019).
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/EvergreenFir| EvergreenFir]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ToBeFree|ToBeFree]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/923976972#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2019#November_2019|Akhilleus]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/926728579#Wish to retire my mop|Athaenara]] • [[Special:Permalink/923976972#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2019#November_2019|John Vandenberg]] • [[Special:Permalink/923976972#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2019#November_2019|Melchoir]] • [[Special:Permalink/923976972#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2019#November_2019|MichaelQSchmidt]] • [[Special:Permalink/923976972#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2019#November_2019|NeilN]] • [[Special:Permalink/923976972#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2019#November_2019|Youngamerican]] • [[Special:Permalink/923976972#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2019#November_2019|😂]]
 
[[File:Checkuser Logo.svg|20px|alt=]] '''CheckUser changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/925367627#Changes_to_CheckUser_team_(Beeblebrox)|Beeblebrox]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/924626165#Changes to CheckUser team|Deskana]]
 
[[File:Wikipedia Interface administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Interface administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/926124542#Re-intadmin request (Evad37)|Evad37]]
 
[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:*An [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2)|RfC on the administrator resysop criteria]] was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new [[WP:RFA|request for adminship]] is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, [[WP:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]] are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
:*Following [[Special:Permalink/928548878#Open_mailing_list_to_edit_filter_helpers?|a proposal]], the [[WP:EFMAILING|edit filter mailing list]] has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:*Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via [[MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry]]. A new page, [[MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip]], allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. ([[phab:T219126|T219126]])
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* Voting in the [[WP:ACE2019|2019 Arbitration Committee Elections]] is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019/Candidates|the candidates]] and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on [[Special:SecurePoll/vote/751|the voting page]].
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:*The global [[meta:Office actions/Community consultation on partial and temporary office actions/09 2019|consultation on partial and temporary office actions]] that ended in October received a [[meta:Talk:Office actions/Community consultation on partial and temporary office actions/09 2019|closing statement from staff]] concluding, among other things, that the WMF {{tq|will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive}}.
 
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== Deleted Article Felix Chidi idiga ==
Hello Just Chilling, on the 20 July 2019 you deleted this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Felix_Chidi_Idiga, i have made adequate research and have improved this article tremendously, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Felix_Chidi_Idiga please peruse through and reinstate. Thank You. [[User:Chimaezeogoegbunam|Chimaezeogoegbunam]] ([[User talk:Chimaezeogoegbunam|talk]]) 09:05, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 
== Administrators' newsletter – January 2020 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (December 2019).
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dreamy Jazz|Dreamy Jazz]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Newslinger|Newslinger]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rosguill|Rosguill]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:PermanentLink/930187134#Resysop request (Deor)|Deor]] • [[Special:Permalink/931773776#Restoration of Bit (Spartaz)|Spartaz]] • [[Special:Permalink/932465825#Resysop request (Xeno)|Xeno]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermanentLink/929389571#Angusmclellan|Angusmclellan]] • [[Special:Permalink/931075117#Desysop request (clpo13)|clpo13]] • [[Special:PermanentLink/929444136#Edgar181 desysopped|Edgar181]] • [[Special:PermaLink/928686444#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2019#December_2019|Matthewedwards]] • [[Special:PermaLink/928686444#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2019#December_2019|NCurse]]
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Bradv]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Casliber]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|David Fuchs]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Maxim]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Newyorkbrad]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|SoWhy]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Xeno]]
 
[[File:Oversight logo.png|20px|alt=]] '''Oversight changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Bradv]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Casliber]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|DGG]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|David Fuchs]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Maxim]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Newyorkbrad]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|SoWhy]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Xeno]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/932196305#Changes to Oversight team|Someguy1221]]
 
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:* A [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Partial blocks|request for comment]] asks whether [[Wikipedia:Community health initiative on English Wikipedia/Partial blocks|partial blocks]] should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
:*A [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Proposal:_Procedural_removal_of_admin_rights_who_have_not_used_the_admin_tools_for_a_significant_period_of_time_(maybe_5_years)|proposal]] asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
:*Following a [[Special:Permalink/930227008#RfC on autopatrolling redirects|successful RfC]], a whitelist is now available for users whose [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers/Redirect autopatrol|redirects will be autopatrolled]] by a bot, removing them from the [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol|new pages patrol]] queue. Admins can add such users to [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist]] after a discussion following the guidelines at [[Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist]].
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4|fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles]] was [[Special:Permalink/931649192#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4 closed|closed]]. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being {{tq|the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted}} rather than {{tq|reasonably construed}}.
:* Following the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019#Results|2019 Arbitration Committee elections]], the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{noping|Beeblebrox}}, {{noping|Bradv}}, {{noping|Casliber}}, {{noping|David Fuchs}}, {{noping|DGG}}, {{noping|KrakatoaKatie}}, {{noping|Maxim}}, {{noping|Newyorkbrad}}, {{noping|SoWhy}}, {{noping|Worm That Turned}}, {{noping|Xeno}}.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:*This issue marks three full years of the [[WP:ANEWS|Admin newsletter]]. Thanks for reading!
 
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== Administrators' newsletter – February 2020 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (January 2020).
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ergo Sum|Ergo Sum]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nick Moyes|Nick Moyes]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/QEDK|QEDK]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Wugapodes|Wugapodes]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/937760520#Resysop request (Dennis Brown)|Dennis Brown]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermaLink/933443338#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#January_2020|Aude]] • [[Special:Permalink/938226962#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals Closed|BrownHairedGirl]] • [[Special:PermaLink/933443338#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#January_2020|CALR]] • [[Special:PermaLink/933443338#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#January_2020|Jengod]] • [[Special:PermaLink/933443338#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#January_2020|John Reaves]] • [[Special:PermaLink/933443338#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#January_2020|J.smith]] • [[Special:PermaLink/934429892#Request_removal_of_admin_rights_(Kim_Dent-Brown)|Kim Dent-Brown]] • [[Special:PermaLink/933443338#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#January_2020|K1Bond007]] • [[Special:PermaLink/933443338#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#January_2020|MECU]] • [[Special:PermaLink/933443338#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#January_2020|Refdoc]] • [[Special:Permalink/938598297#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth closed|RHaworth]]
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[[File:Checkuser Logo.svg|20px|alt=]] '''CheckUser changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Opabinia regalis]] • [[Special:Permalink/931656172#2020 Arbitration Committee|Premeditated Chaos]]
 
[[File:Wikipedia Interface administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Interface administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/938070845#Inactive interface administrators 2020-01-28|Ragesoss]]
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:* Following a [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Partial blocks|request for comment]], [[Wikipedia:Community health initiative on English Wikipedia/Partial blocks|partial blocks]] are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at [[Wikipedia:Partial blocks]].
:* The [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 community sentiment on binding desysop procedure|request for comment]] seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with {{tq|wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input}}. No proposed process received consensus.
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:* [[WP:TW|Twinkle]] now supports [[Special:Permalink/937388663#January 2020 Twinkle updates, features, and behaviors (2020-01-24)|partial blocking]]. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{tl|uw-pblock}}.
:* When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184357]
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* Following a [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth|recent arbitration case]], the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators {{tq|that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.}}
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:* Voting in the [[:meta:Stewards/Elections 2020|2020 Steward elections]] will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The [[:meta:Stewards/Confirm/2020|confirmation process]] of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically [https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/accounteligibility/52 check your eligibility] to vote.
:* The English Wikipedia has reached [[WP:6M|six million articles]]. Thank you everyone for your contributions!
 
 
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I came here to ask you about an edit and saw that you haven't edited in six months. Ordinarily, I'd drop you an email to see how things were going but you don't have that feature enabled so I'll just post a note saying that you are missed! You'll see my undo when you return and we can talk about it then if you want. Hope you are well. <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">[[User:Liz|'''''L'''''iz]]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">[[Special:Contributions/Liz|'''''Read!''''']] [[User talk:Liz|'''''Talk!''''']]</sup> 22:46, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 
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== Administrators' newsletter – March 2020 ==
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More than three years to be precise. I hope everything is fine IRL, and that you come back someday. —usernamekiran [[User talk:usernamekiran|(talk)]] 23:19, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (February 2020).
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Money emoji|Money emoji]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/940971147#Resysop request (Athaenara)|Athaenara]] • [[Special:Permalink/939747247#Resysop/Recrat_request_(DeltaQuad)|DeltaQuad]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/938589586#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2020#February 2020|Fishhead64]] • [[Special:Permalink/943275828#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kudpung closed|Kudpung]] • [[Special:Permalink/938589586#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2020#February 2020|Mikaey]]
 
[[File:Wikipedia bureaucrat.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Bureaucrat changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/939747247#Resysop/Recrat_request_(DeltaQuad)|DeltaQuad]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/939756320#DeltaQuad_CheckUser_and_Oversight_permissions_restored|DeltaQuad]]
 
[[File:Oversight logo.png|20px|alt=]] '''Oversight changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/939756320#DeltaQuad_CheckUser_and_Oversight_permissions_restored|DeltaQuad]]
 
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:*Following an [[Special:Permalink/943139910#Align_checkuser/oversight_block_policies_with_established_practice|RfC]], the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops {{tq|must not}} undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than {{tq|should not}}.
:*A [[Special:Permalink/942791018#Is_it_acceptable_to_blank_userspace_sandboxes_of_long-term/established,_but_inactive_editors?|request for comment]] confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:* Following a [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27 noticeboard/Archive317#Twinkle and speedies|discussion]], Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is ''no'' CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there ''is'' a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your [[WP:TW/PREF|Twinkle preferences]].
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:*Following the [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2020|2020 Steward Elections]], the following editors have been appointed as stewards: [[meta:Stewards/Elections_2020/Statements/BRPever|BRPever]], [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2020/Statements/Krd|Krd]], [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2020/Statements/Martin Urbanec|Martin Urbanec]], [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2020/Statements/MusikAnimal|MusikAnimal]], [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2020/Statements/Sakretsu|Sakretsu]], [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2020/Statements/Sotiale|Sotiale]], and [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2020/Statements/Tks4Fish|Tks4Fish]]. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
:* The 2020 appointees for the [[:m:Ombudsman commission|Ombudsman commission]] are [[m:User:Ajraddatz|Ajraddatz]] and [[m:User:Uzoma Ozurumba|Uzoma Ozurumba]]; they will serve for one year.
 
 
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== Administrators' newsletter – April 2020 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (March 2020).
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cabayi|Cabayi]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Lee Vilenski|Lee Vilenski]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/947174551#Volunteering to help|Boing! said Zebedee]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/943375050#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#March_2020|Jonny-mt]] • [[Special:Permalink/943375050#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#March_2020|MarkGallagher]] • [[Special:Permalink/943375050#Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators/2020#March_2020|PeaceNT]]
:[[File:Pictogram voting rename.png|20px|alt=renamed|Renamed]] {{noping|Money emoji}} → {{noping| Moneytrees}}
 
[[File:Wikipedia bureaucrat.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Bureaucrat changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/SilkTork|SilkTork]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/WereSpielChequers|WereSpielChequers]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/945750734#Changes to functionary team|NativeForeigner]]
 
[[File:Oversight logo.png|20px|alt=]] '''Oversight changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/945750734#Changes to functionary team|Someguy1221]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/946236282#Changes to Oversight team|Daniel Case]]
 
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:* There is an [[WP:RSN#RfC: Deprecation and blacklisting process|ongoing]] request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:* There is a plan for [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/New requirements for user signatures|new requirements for user signatures]]. You can [[mw:Talk:New requirements for user signatures|give feedback]].
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:*Following the [[WP:FRAMBAN|banning]] of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram#Remedies|resolved]] to hold a {{tq|Arbcom RfC regarding on-wiki harassment}}. A draft RfC has been posted at [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft)]] and not open to comments from the community yet. Interested editors can comment on the RfC itself on its talk page.
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:* The WMF has begun a [[meta:Research:Social media traffic report pilot/About|pilot report]] of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The [[User:HostBot/Social media traffic report|report]] is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.
 
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== Administrators' newsletter – May 2020 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (April 2020).
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[[File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/952440291#Userrights Gnangarra|Gnangarra]] • [[Special:Permalink/948431179#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2020#March 2020|Kaisershatner]] • [[Special:Permalink/950852914#Desysop request (Malcolmxl5)|Malcolmxl5]]
 
[[File:Checkuser Logo.svg|20px|alt=]] '''CheckUser changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/950949893#Changes to CheckUser team|Callanecc]]
 
[[File:Oversight logo.png|20px|alt=]] '''Oversight changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/949104665#Changes to oversight team (II)|HJ Mitchell]]
 
[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:*[[Wikipedia:General sanctions#Community sanctions|Discretionary sanctions]] have been [[Special:PermanentLink/946062902#COVID-19_community_general_sanctions|authorized]] for all pages and edits related to COVID-19, to be logged at [[WP:GS/COVID19]].
:*Following a [[:m:Abuse_filter_manager/vote|recent discussion]] on Meta-Wiki, the [[:m:abuse filter maintainer|edit filter maintainer]] global group has been created.
:*A [[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: proposed creation of new usergroup|request for comment]] has been proposed to create a new [[Wikipedia:Main page editor|main page editor]] usergroup.
:*A [[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Bureaucrat activity|request for comment]] has been proposed to make the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrat activity|bureaucrat activity requirements]] more strict.
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:*The [[mw:Editing|Editing team]] has been working on [[mw:Talk pages project|the talk pages project]]. You can [[mw:Talk pages project/replying#Version%202.0|review the proposed design]] and share your thoughts on the talk page.
:*{{noping|Enterprisey}} created a script that will show a link to the proper Special:Undelete page when viewing a since-deleted revision, see [[User:Enterprisey/link-deleted-revs]].
 
[[File:Info Simple bw.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Miscellaneous'''
:*A [[Special:PermaLink/949785291#Proposal:_New_Village_Pump_Page|request for comment closed]] with consensus to create a Village Pump-style page for communication with the Wikimedia Foundation.
 
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== Administrators' newsletter – June 2020 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (May 2020).
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[[File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/CaptainEek|CaptainEek]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Creffett|Creffett]] • [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cwmhiraeth 2|Cwmhiraeth]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermaLink/954167535#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2020#May 2020|Anna Frodesiak]] • [[Special:PermaLink/956526034#Request_removal_of_my_administrator_status_(Buckshot06)|Buckshot06]] • [[Special:PermaLink/954167535#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2020#May 2020|Ronhjones]] • [[Special:PermaLink/955300090#Desysop_for_SQL|SQL]]
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[meta:Special:PermaLink/20053877#User_SQL@enwiki|SQL]]
 
[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:*A [[Wikipedia talk:Unblock Ticket Request System#RfC - Figure out what to do with UTRS|request for comment]] asks whether the [[WP:UTRS|Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS)]] should allowed any unblock request or just private appeals.
:*The Wikimedia Foundation {{plainlink|https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/05/22/wikimedia-foundation-board-announces-community-culture-statement|announced}} that they will develop a universal code of conduct for all WMF projects. There is an open [[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#WMF Board Authorises Universal Code of Conduct and non-local sanctions of those who breach them|local discussion]] regarding the same.
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* A [[Special:PermaLink/959902214#Antisemitism in Poland: Motion (May 2020)|motion]] was passed to enact a [[WP:500/30|500/30]] restriction on {{tq|articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland}}. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.
 
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From the [[WP:BDAYCOM|Birthday Committee]], [[User:CAPTAIN RAJU|<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC;">'''CAPTAIN RAJU'''</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:CAPTAIN RAJU|(T)]]</sup> 07:09, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
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== Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity ==
 
 
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Established [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Procedural removal for inactive administrators|policy]] provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed&#32;if you do not return to activity within the next month.
 
Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators]]. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at [[WP:BN|the bureaucrats' noticeboard]].
 
Thank you for your past contributions to the project. <!-- Template:Inactive admin -->—&thinsp;[[User:JJMC89 bot|JJMC89 '''bot''']] 00:05, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
 
== Administrators' newsletter – July 2020 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (June 2020).
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[[File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/960804030#Resysop request (Malcolmxl5)|Malcolmxl5]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/960090978#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2020#June 2020|John]] • [[Special:Permalink/960090978#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2020#June 2020|TheCoffee]] • [[Special:Permalink/960090978#Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2020#June 2020|Tim!]]
:[[File:Pictogram voting rename.png|20px|alt=renamed|Renamed]] {{noping|Creffett}} → {{noping|GeneralNotability}}
:[[File:Pictogram voting rename.png|20px|alt=renamed|Renamed]] {{noping|DeltaQuad}} → {{noping|AmandaNP}}
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/963158210#Revocation of CheckUser access for Bbb23|Bbb23]]
 
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Special:Permalink/960524497#IAdmin request (TonyBallioni)|TonyBallioni]]
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:* A [[Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#RfC: Removing T2|request for comment]] is in progress to remove the [[WP:T2|T2]] (template that misrepresents established policy) [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion criterion]].
 
[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
:* Protection templates on mainspace pages are now automatically added by [[User:MusikBot II]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MusikBot II 4|BRFA]]).
 
[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
:* Following the [[WP:FRAMBAN|banning]] of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram#Arbcom RfC regarding on-wiki harassment|resolved]] to hold an {{tq|RfC regarding on-wiki harassment}}. The RfC has been posted at [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC]] and is open to comments from the community.
:*The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine|Medicine]] case was [[Special:PermaLink/960547096#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine_closed|closed]], with a [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine#Standard discretionary sanctions|remedy]] authorizing [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures#Discretionary sanctions|standard discretionary sanctions]] for {{tq|all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles}}.
 
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Thank you for your past contributions to the project. <!-- Template:Inactive admin -->—&thinsp;[[User:JJMC89 bot|JJMC89 '''bot''']] 00:02, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
:Hi JustChilling, I'm sorry to see that you are now inactive as I think you've been a great editor and admin over the years. (We haven't interacted much but I remember your work on [[Disappearance of Madeleine McCann]] under your previous username.) Anyway, I hope everything is ok with you and that you return to the project someday. All the best, [[User:Pawnkingthree|P-K3]] ([[User talk:Pawnkingthree|talk]]) 17:33, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 
== Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity ==
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Thank you for your past contributions to the project. <!-- Template:Inactive admin -->— [[User:Xaosflux|<span style="color:#FF9933; font-weight:bold; font-family:monotype;">xaosflux</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Xaosflux|<span style="color:#009933;">Talk</span>]]</sup> 00:08, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 
== Administrators' newsletter – August 2020 ==
 
[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (July 2020).
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[[File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Administrator changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Red Phoenix 2|Red Phoenix]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:PermaLink/969820001#Resysop request (Euryalus)|Euryalus]] • [[Special:Permalink/970541221#Resysop Request (SQL)|SQL]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:PermaLink/965476031#Inactive admins for July 2020|Jujutacular]] • [[Special:PermaLink/965476031#Inactive admins for July 2020|Monty845]] • [[Special:PermaLink/965476031#Inactive admins for July 2020|Rettetast]] • [[Special:PermaLink/965476031#Inactive admins for July 2020|Madchester]]
 
[[File:Oversight logo.png|20px|alt=]] '''Oversight changes'''
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/970207805#Changes to Oversight team|GB fan]]
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] [[Special:Permalink/968622017#changes to functionary team|Keegan]] • [[Special:Permalink/968622017#changes to functionary team|Opabinia regalis]] • [[Special:Permalink/968622017#changes to functionary team|Premeditated Chaos]]
 
[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
:* There is an open [[Wikipedia talk:Banning policy#RfC: Increase minimum length for site ban discussions|request for comment]] to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
:* [[WP:CSD|Speedy deletion criterion]] [[WP:T2|T2]] (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a [[Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#RfC: Removing T2|request for comment]].
:* Speedy deletion criterion [[WP:X2|X2]] (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a [[Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#X2_cleanup|discussion]].
:* There is a proposal to [[Wikipedia_talk:Proposed_deletion#RfC_on_limiting_PROD_to_CONFIRMED_editors|restrict proposed deletion to confirmed users]].
 
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== Thank You for Your Edits to Lakelands Park Middle School ==
 
I was editing Lakelands Park Middle School, checked out the history and noticed you were an active contributor to the page, and its creator.
 
I am currently a student at the school, and I want to thank you for your contributions to the page, and for adding it to wikipedia! <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/2601:147:8500:E9F0:5D80:1CAB:A9E4:7B34|2601:147:8500:E9F0:5D80:1CAB:A9E4:7B34]] ([[User talk:2601:147:8500:E9F0:5D80:1CAB:A9E4:7B34#top|talk]]) 15:26, 31 August 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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