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| ] said the man insisting on having the last word. I quite enjoyed that bit of irony. Haha. ] (]) 15:42, 2 May 2018 (UTC) | ] said the man insisting on having the last word. I quite enjoyed that bit of irony. Haha. ] (]) 15:42, 2 May 2018 (UTC) | ||
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| Please avoid references like this: . It's dismissive and inappropriate. It's not the first time you've done it; so please cut it out. --] (]) 19:11, 5 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018).
Administrator changes
None
Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060
Guideline and policy news
- The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
- A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.
Technical news
- AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new
equals_to_anyfunction can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash. - When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
- The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
- There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.
- AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.
Obituaries
- Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Misplaced Pages on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Misplaced Pages and as president of Wikimedia Australia.
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Irony
"A severe case of lastwordism (sic)" said the man insisting on having the last word. I quite enjoyed that bit of irony. Haha. Mr rnddude (talk) 15:42, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
"your friend K.e.coffman"
Please avoid references like this: . It's dismissive and inappropriate. It's not the first time you've done it; so please cut it out. --K.e.coffman (talk) 19:11, 5 May 2018 (UTC)