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== Please undelete the talk page == | |||
== Administrators' newsletter – January 2024 == | |||
Hi Dodo. Would you please undelete ]. The talk page was being used for a purpose directly related to the RfC at ]. Note that although the category page was deleted, the category if functional and well populated, and what to do about this is the core question of the RfC. This particular category is most definitely not populated by accident, and the membership need to be notified of the RfC seeking approval for action involving their userspace. --] (]) 13:04, 1 February 2017 (UTC) | |||
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i want to become permanent editor on wikipedia will you guide me the ways to become permanent with wikipedia <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 09:18, 4 February 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
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::If I may, i'm gonna chime in here, This is what you want to do to become a permanent editor on wikipedia, 1. Don't do what you did to get banned, 2. {{Special:Createaccount}} I'd recommend this but its not required if you want to be a permanent editor (Unless your IP changes or if its shared) and 3. Look for what you enjoy editing in and edit there but make sure to provide a reliable source to most of what you put here on wikipedia, and 4. I'd recommend signing your posts by using this but 4 times over, or clicking the button towards the bottom of the editing page, thats pretty much all you need to know about becoming a permanent editor. Have a great day!! ] (]) 17:46, 4 February 2017 (UTC) | |||
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There are tailored pain scales being developed with the head of Northwestern University's Anesthesiology department to be specific for different types of pain. Why does this get marked as spam? ] (]) 05:30, 9 February 2017 (UTC) | |||
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Hi Gogo, your difinition of describing my page Nathan Sapala Werep as "inappropriate pages" does not seem matured. I did not just create for pleasure. I have wasted my time and effort in creating that page. I even explained why it should not be deleted. You seen to be arrogent and hostile. I suppose, lets understand people and work to help people. | |||
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Just deleting something that someone has spend his time creating is doing INJUSTICE. With that I wish to ask if you could please undelete the pageI created and put it back. | |||
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Can you help me create a wikipedia page for guitarist Fabrizio Bicio Leo or no? ] (]) 10:27, 6 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Hi Gogo, another NPPer hit ] with a G11 as I was looking up the company's website, and you canned it before I could modify the speedy to add a G12 since it was a straight copy of http://www.trustmtrans.com/about. I am unsure if it would be appropriate to warn for the copyvio since the page is already gone, and you've blocked them for ]. Wanted to ask you for guidance. :) Thanks! ] (]) 06:10, 10 February 2017 (UTC) | |||
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Thanks for your help on my user talk page. Apparently I really ruffled some feathers! <font color="green">]</font><font color="green" size="5px"></font><sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 12:39, 11 February 2017 (UTC) | |||
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<u>Earlier you deleted the Koumine WP page, for the A1 rapid deletion reason. There is good reason to reinstate this page, whatever its original content might have been.</u><br> | |||
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'''Koumine''', formula C<sub>20</sub>H<sub>22</sub>N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, is an indole ] isolated from flowering plants of the genus '']'',<ref name = LiuLu88>{{cite book | author = Liu, Z.-J. & Lu, R.-R. | date = 1988 | title = The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Pharmacology | chapter = ''Gelsemium'' Alkaloids | volume = Vol. 33 | series = The Alkaloids | pages = 84-140, esp. 84f, 104-130, 132ff, and ''passim'' |location = San Diego, CA | publisher = Academic Press | isbn = 0080865577 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0080865577 | access-date = February 18, 2017 }}</ref>{{rp|p. 104ff}} a plant native to the subtropical and tropical Americas, and southeast Asia. It has increasingly studied activity for potential anti-anxiolytic properties that derive from its ability, systemically, to induce muscle relaxation of varying intensity, resulting from its observed agonism of the mammalian ], activation of which leads to an inhibitory ] in neurons following ] ion influx. Despite potentially deleterious effects, recent pharmacological research has suggested that the biological activities of this compound may offer opportunities for developing treatments related to anxiety, cancer, and other conditions, with ongoing research including attempts to identify safer derivatives and analogs to make use of the compound's beneficial effects.<ref name = LiuYuEtal13>{{cite journal | authors = Liu M; Huang HH; Yang J; Su YP; Lin HW; Lin LQ; Liao WJ & Yu CX | year=2013| title = The Active Alkaloids of Gelsemium elegans Benth. are Potent Anxiolytics | journal = Psychopharmacology (Berl) | volume = 225 | issue = 4; February | pages = 839-851 | doi = 10.1007/s00213-012-2867-x | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23052566 | access-date = February 19, 2017 }}</ref> | |||
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Koumine is an ] type of ] alkaloid,<ref name=Seigler98>{{cite book | author = Seigler, David S. | year = 1998 | title = Plant Secondary Metabolism | chapter = Indole Alkaloids | pages = 628-654, esp. 646ff | isbn = 0412019817 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0412019817 | access-date = February 18, 2017 | location = Boston, MA | publisher = Kluwer/Springer }}</ref> and a close relative of the natural product gelsemine, which is also present from the same natural sources.<ref name = drugsDOTcom>{{ cite web | author = Drugs.com Staff | date = 2009 | url = http://www.drugs.com/npp/gelsemium.html | work = Drugs.com | title = ''Gelsemium sempervirens'' | location = Alphen aan den Rijn, NLD |publisher = Wolters Kluwer Health }}</ref> The gelsemine class of alkaloids are some of a wide variety of the alkaloid and other natural products that have been isolated from this genus of plants.<ref name = ZhangWang14r/> | |||
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As noted in recent review, koumine is found in, and can be isolated from, the subtropical to tropical flowering plant genus '']'', family ], which as of 2014 included five species, where ''G. elegans'' Benth is native to China and East Asia, and ''G. sempervirens'' Ait., the type species, is native to the Americas.<ref name = ZhangWang14r>{{cite journal | authors = Zhang, Jing-Yang & Wang, Yong X. | year=2014| title = Gelsemium Analgesia and the Spinal Glycine Receptor/Allopregnanolone Pathway | journal = Fitoterapia | volume = 100 | issue = C; November | pages = 35-43 | doi = 10.1016/j.fitote.2014.11.002 | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25447163 | access-date = February 18, 2017 }}</ref> As these authors note:{{quote|Approximately 120 alkaloids have been isolated and identified from Gelsemium, with the predominant indole alkaloids including gelsemine, koumine…. Gelsemine is the principal active alkaloid in G. sempervirens Ait., and koumine and gelsemine are the most and second-most dominant alkaloids in G. elegans Benth. Gelsemium extract and its active alkaloids serve a variety of biological functions, including neurobiological, immunosuppressive and antitumor effects, and have traditionally been used to treat pain, neuralgia, anxiety, insomnia, asthma, respiratory ailments and cancers… In contrast to morphine, when administered intrathecally and systemically, koumine, gelsemine and gelsenicine have marked antinociception in inflammatory, neuropathic and bone cancer pains without inducing antinociceptive tolerance. Gelsemium and its active alkaloids may produce antinociception by activating the spinal α3 glycine/allopregnanolone pathway… support the clinical use of Gelsemium and suggest that its active alkaloids may be developed to treat intractable and other types of pain, preferably after chemical modification.<ref name = ZhangWang14r/>}} | |||
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Koumine's biosynthesis, as of 1998, is thought to proceed from ] (isovincoside), the common precursor for essentially all monoterpenoid indole alkaloids—itself deriving directly from ] and ]-derived ].<ref name=Seigler98/>{{rp|p. 629}} From strictosidine, the biosynthesis proceeds through four intermediates—including ] (]), ], ], and ],<ref name=Seigler98/>{{rp|p. 629}} the final biosynthetic step thereafter involving anhydrovobasindiol oxidation and rearrangement.<ref name=Seigler98/>{{rp|p. 629}}<ref name = LiuLu88/>{{rp|p. 132ff}} The related alkaloids ] and ] also derive from this pathway ] (]-type), and gelsemicine from gelsemine, via aromatic oxidation and O-methylation].<ref name=Seigler98/>{{rp|p. 629}}<ref name = LiuLu88/>{{rp|p. 132ff}} | |||
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<u>This alone is surely enough material for a stub, and an infobox and other information can be quickly added—''there are 36 more citations that I have only begun to explore, search "Koumine " at .'' '''''Can you reinstate the article, using this content, so that I can begin supporting the article? In doing so, can you place the original text somewhere (in Talk, or hidden in the main article space), so I can see it?''''' You are better positioned, historically and technically, to make this change. I am a subject matter expert, much more than a technical expert at WP.</u> Note, 4 of the 5 citations given above are secondary sources, so at present, the article is better sourced per WP:VERIFY than most alkaloid articles, and the tens of pages at these reviews devoted to this specific, unique molecule—recall, in chemistry, one moved bond or added atom makes a world of difference, in patents and in practice—as well as the 37 articles with this compound in the title or abstract make clear that it is sufficiently notable. It may replace its earlier studied relative, gelsemine, in practical importance, soon. Disclaimer, I do not publish in this area of natural products chemistry, but edit in it and all areas of the subject, as professional time permits. Cheers, Le Prof ] (]) 11:42, 19 February 2017 (UTC) | |||
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== Request to ban vandal accounts == | |||
For this . Since they're hopping from one sock to the next, those articles really need to be locked. Cheers, ] (]) 05:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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:Perhaps, but I suspect he will just move to another LOTR article and we will end up chasing him all over the place. -- ] (]) 05:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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:::In the meantime, our genius is at it again. ] (]) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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* Phase I of the ] has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including ] (3b) and ] (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as ] (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the ]. | |||
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* ] of the ] has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in ]. | |||
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== Ambivalent Love Addict == | |||
I created the term Ambivalent Love Addict and yet you will not give me credit for it. I submitted it before and you said I did not own the copyright. I proved that I did and you said it had to be protected legally. I did that and re-submitted it. Now you delete it breaking your promise to me. What is it that you dislike about the article. Is it original. It is copyright protected. I am the author. I own the copyright. It is instructional. I see so much garbage on your site but an article than can help people get deleted. Is it because I have submitted the article myself. I have 6000 members on the organization I founded (Love Addicts Anonymous) who would be happy to submit it for me. They say it saved their life to find out what their problem was. Please explain. Thank you. | |||
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* Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. ] on MediaWiki. ({{phab|T6086}}) | |||
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:* ], a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at ], while ] is probably the best venue for general discussion. | |||
:* Following an ], ] speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a ], updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through ]. | |||
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* ] may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may ] when appropriate. | |||
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:* ] is now available as a beta feature (]). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages. | |||
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] '''Arbitration''' | ] '''Arbitration''' | ||
* The Arbitration Committee ] the following administrators to the ]: {{noping|Bilby}}, {{noping|Extraordinary Writ}} | |||
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
- Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
- The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
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- An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.
- Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
- Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
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Can you help me create a wikipedia page for guitarist Fabrizio Bicio Leo or no? Denny009 (talk) 10:27, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
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Thanks! Good to be back. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
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For this . Since they're hopping from one sock to the next, those articles really need to be locked. Cheers, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Perhaps, but I suspect he will just move to another LOTR article and we will end up chasing him all over the place. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yep. Thanks again. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- In the meantime, our genius is at it again. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yep. Thanks again. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Of course. I locked them. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Misplaced Pages. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
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- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
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- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
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- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).
- Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Misplaced Pages talk:Administrator elections.
- Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.
- The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
- An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
- Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
- Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
- Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.
- Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068
- RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024
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