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I'm somewhat puzzled by what you're adding to ]. We have a vote for changing BC/AD to BCE/CE throughout WP that clearly fails. Some editors, despite that, unilaterally change some articles that consistently used BC/AD to BCE/CE. I (along with other editors) edit them back (as there was no basis for the change) - and you decide I am wrong and to be chastised, but those who made the unilateral edits to change an article that consistently used BC/AD to BCE/CE are acting perfectly properly. How is that fair or reasonable?!?!? Kind regards, ] 22:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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== A barnstar for you! ==
It is SouthernComfort, egged on by Slrubenstein, who has been editing articles that were completely consistently using BC/AD so that they use BCE/CE - all I have been doing is reverting these changes because (and I agree with you here) it is not acceptable to change an article simply to make it conform to another style that you prefer. It is not me that has been initiating these changes! (There was one article, Elamite Empire, where I inadvertently did do this - as SouthernComfort was pretty making so many unilateral changes to articles, I made a mistake on this one. But on every other one you will see that before SC recently visited them, they always used BC/AD.)
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== Books and Bytes - Issue 13 ==
You seem to be deciding the case on content, deciding you prefer SouthernComfort's content, and then concluding I have misbehaved because I have been stopping SouthernComfort's changes. ArbCom is meant to stay away from content, isn't it? I have also indicated on a number of occasions to SC that the act of changing from BC/AD to BCE/CE causes a lot of offence - and I have referred him to the outrage caused in New South Wales when this happened in one exam question, and led to questions being raised in both chambers of parliament and the minister backing down. SC has chosen to ignore this offence - if I am to be chastised on this for disagreeing with him, should he not also be chastised for disagreeing with me? ] 22:34, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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I think there is a distinction between changing an article and repeatedly reverting it.(Especially when you know very well that the other editor is offended by the usage). ] 23:00, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
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:SC changed an article when he was fully aware Slrubenstein's proposal had failed and reverted time and time again to insert his preferred usage despite his being fully aware that I (and others) are offended by such deliberate changes). Why is my taking offence at his changes irrelevant? Where changes such as this happened in NSW it caused parliamentary questions, and the news that religious leaders in NSW were not actually offended by BC/AD usage (ie those who were making the changes were doing so on a false premise). Where similar changes have happened in the UK there have been angry letters to newspapers. The offence caused by SC's changes is real, yet you seem to say that is irrelevant, and we should instead concede to SC because he claims to be offended. You may, of course, not have been fully aware of this when you made your findings of fact. However, I should be grateful if you would reconsider whether your findings are really fair and reasonable in all the circumstances, ] 23:16, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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There has been a misunderstanding. I can assure you that I am not some sort of sockpuppet, or being POV, or pushing a political agenda. All I have been doing is trying to keep articles specific and to the point. I'm sorry that that's been misunderstood, but there's no need for arbitration. -- ] 20:46, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)


==Antarctic krill== ==Request==
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== Two issues: vandal Rovoam and user Pantherarosa ==
I'm not sure what the appropriate way to disambiguate salt lamps (lamps made from salt) from the new ] article, but salt lamp almost always refers to the former, so I undid your redirect. --] (]) 17:46, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
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As a member of ArbCom committee, who is also somewhat familiar with my past activity in Misplaced Pages and various attacks I have suffered in the past, I decided to turn to you for help and advise.
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== ] ==
I have two concerns, which I want to share with you.


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'''First,''' Rovoam has been systematically engaged in outrageous vandalisms and regular abusive behavior directed against me and against other editors. No reverts, no admin blocks, even no vprotection helped to stop this vandal, and I worryingly observe that the persistence of this vandal eventually tires up many other editors and scares them off from engaging in his "target entries", thus, leaving me virtually alone to deal with him. If you are not aware of this person's deeds, please, read ]. As I said numerously before, the only way to stop this person is to demonstrate at least as much persistence and determination in fighting his spurious edits and vandalism. And for this purpose, we need unity of effort of many editors.
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== Fundraising ==
'''Second,''' less-scale although no less (personally) important issue for me is the recent insult by ] against me in my user page . This was a particularly unexpected insult and initially I was even more surprised than offended. First of all, as I said in my communication with ], I havent been in touch with this person for months (!) and frankly, I thought that whatever our past experience was, it's now over and he doesn't care about me as much as I dont care about him. Second, I could have imagined that this person would attack me on some nationalist grounds, but I would never expect this person to lower himself to such blatantly childish and street abuses. I left a message in his talkpage expressing my surprise and also expressing my determination to make him punished for his insults. .


Although your recent additions to ] were indeed well researched and written, they have almost nothing at all to do with the subject of the article. It is almost all to do with historical fundraising of the Clinton family and the associated foundation, and virtually nothing to do with the current campaign. -- ] (]) 13:22, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
I dont know how should I go about my complaint on Pantherarosa's conduct. ] advised me to turn to RFC, but according to RFC rules, "at least two people should have tried to resolve the same issue by discussing it". I think, RFC process perhaps is not quite appropriate in my case, because this user insulted me personally and me alone, and insulted in a way that there's been nothing left for "discussion". It is obvious that he should be punished for his insults, and I dont think that he would ever apologize for what he did.


== Books and Bytes - Issue 14 ==
So, in short, I ask for your help and advise on both dealing with vandal Rovoam and how should I go about the insults by user Pantherarosa. Hope to hear from you. Thanks in advance.--] 13:21, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)


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==Message==
'''First, on Pantherarosa:''' in my communication with John I said that I am not going to sit and wait until this person attacks me again. I dont think it is fair if a person gets along with his insults just because it was a single-shot insult and I think it is not appropriate (at least for me) to simply wait when this person insults me again so that I would be able to make him responsible for his words. I am extremely busy at work these days and have little time left for WP, but I will not leave my complaint against Pantherarosa, he's got to be held responsible for his insult. Btw, this person tried to spuriously delete my and your comments on his behaviour. pls, see,


You misunderstand
'''Second, and most important, Rovoam:''' I am very concerned about this guy. He is really smart and manipulative. Remember, I said that my case was realy an unprecedented case, Grunt then did not agree with me, but I think now even he would accept that this issue has really grow too much. As I said (and stated in disclaimers as well), the only way to deal with Rovoam effectively is UNITY of all other editors. We should not allow him get along with his overt and blatant vandalism, spurious edits and tricks. I would suggest the following: ArbCom can make a special decision BANNING Rovoam from editing Misplaced Pages forever. Following this decision, absolutely ALL edits by Rovoam would be reverted, i.e. ANY anon which would be suspected to be Rovoam would be reverted and his edits would be just disregarded by other editors. That's in fact what's going on now. In many entries all his edits are reverted by me and many other editors, but I believe, FORMAL decision by ArbCom would significantly ease this process and would make it impossible for Rovoam to deceive any newbee editors in the future. In addition, I am also thinking about applying for adminship in order to have more opportunities for fighting against Rovoam. I will be extremely busy in July and August and I am very worried that during this period Rovoam can get along with his overt vandalisms, and especially, that he can deceive other editors, who are less knowledgeable about the background and the issue at hand.--] 14:50, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)


In this edit you show a misunderstanding of Shamus Khan's book. Please read it. User:Fred Bauder Talk 16:40, 31 August 2015 (UTC)


No misunderstanding
: I agree that the Rovoam thing is a problem. Tabib doesn't always handle it well but this seems to be largely down to the fact that Rovoam is deliberately singling Tabib out because he has a low boiling point. I think it may be time for Arbcom to tackle Rovoam again. He is effectively unblockable and it's difficult to deal with his obsessive reverts when he's in full swing because of the sheer volume.


I understand exactly what he meant when I read what he wrote that elitism is earned. I am not a socialist by any means, but the empirical data from the bank and auto bailouts of 2009 onward do not support any such notion of earned elitism. Mr. Bauder, you need to be updated on recent history. User:Noblestats Talk ] (]) 13:12, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
: Since Rovoam doesn't seem to be interested in good faith editing where Tabib is concerned it may be appropriate to declare his edits in certain articles anathema, revertible on sight as simple vandalism, but I don't think anyone short of arbcom could make such a decision. We'd have to look at his edits closely. Also he is quite capable of exploiting loopholes so it would require some forethought. --]|] 15:13, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)


===It has to be stopped somehow=== == A cup of coffee for you! ==
Fred,


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Same old story is repeating itself. I am still being attacked by vandals and I still have to struggle against vandal edits in many Azerbaijan- and Turkey-related entries. Furthermore, same ] who waged some implicit and explicit attacks against me in ] starts same actions again. This can't last forever. ArbCom should take decisive and immediate steps in order to prevent this farce once and for all.
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== RfC announce: Religion in infoboxes ==
First of all, minor detail regarding the previously banned vandal Baku Ibne/Osmanoglou/LIGerasimova etc. ArbCom '''forgot''' to ban one of his sockpuppets {{User|Twinkletoes}} and now he came back introducing spurious and sneaky edits and supporting Rovoam in his vandalisms. He basically joined Rovoam in disrupting/vandalizing the ] entry () introducing the "map", inappropriateness of which was discussed in ]. Also, another newly created sockpuppet {{User|Luba-Gerasimova}} reverted back to Rovoam's sneaky edits in ] (). I think, admins should immediately close down both "Twinkletoes" and "Luba-Gerasimova" accounts.


There is an RfC at ] concerning what should be allowed in the religion entry in infoboxes. Please join the discussion and help us to arrive at a consensus on this issue. --] (]) 22:15, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
As to Rovoam, he is still vandalizing the pages, and shows total disrespect to ArbCom decision on revert limitation and personal attack parole. Here are just some examples:


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'''Violations of revert limitation''' (few examples):


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* June 17: vandalisms of ](Archive9) - '''26''' (!-perhaps even more, lost count) vandal reverts
*June 17: vandalisms of ] - 7 vandal reverts in a day


== Books & Bytes - Issue 15 ==
'''Violations of personal attack parole''' (few examples):


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Some ''recent'' examples from my userpage: , ); Some ''recent'' examples from ], talkpage: , ); Same for ]: ) and the ''most recent'' yesterday attack calling me "parasite" (;;
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I reinstate my earlier belief that the only way to stop this vandal is ''unity'' of many editors and ''formal'' decision by ArbCom banning this person from editing Misplaced Pages. I ask you and other ArbCom members to treat this issue with utmost seriosity and take immediate actions to stop this madness. I am convinced that no other user of Misplaced Pages has ever suffered as much malicious attacks as I have suffered during these months. Despite all of this I did not retreat and I never lowered myself to the level of those who attacked me. But this can't last forever, I need help and I hope you in ArbCom can help me more efficiently this time.--] 09:19, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
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*Currently, the dispute is in the external links. This was kind of resolved by a vote (through ] arbitration), which resulted in a 3 pro and 3 con links (however weird that may seem). The thing is, Onlytofind is trying to get around the consensus (he actually calls it a "kangaroo election" even though he initiated it). Though we feel the article is slightly con INC, '''we are not claiming that the article is biased'''. I, for one, is not against how many links are there, and think that the article is more NPOV than a few months ago. It is Onlytofind's historical habit of making the article project the INC in a very negative light (even calling us INC members "hypocrites") that worries us. You can check the article's history to find out. We have no problem with the other contributors, only Onlytofind. ] 03:37, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*{{diet trout}} for starting an egregiously POV page, and, when called on it, doubling down with more exceedingly POV editing. You're better than this. I've looked at your edit record, an, really, you're better than this. ] (]) 14:21, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
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You wrote ''I'd like to see some links to edits or findings of fact which would support this remedy'' re JG. How nice. *I'd* like to see some FoF to support your votes for my remedies: ] 21:44, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC).


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I do not know your personal views on the Middle East conflict, nor do I perticalary think that it is important in this arbitration, but I think you've misunderstood where I was coming from. The Golan Heights is annexed by Israel, those individuals who reside there are citizens of Israel. It is a contentious POV to suggest that there is a military occupation. That is why I suggested that this complex problem be diverted to the International law and the Arab Israeli conflict. There it explains the different positions of everyone in the conflict. Saying something from one point of view and claiming it to be the truth, makes articles like that irrelevent. Whatever the status is, it should be explained in a neutral way so individuals can determine what the status is themselves. I have a POV, I have never denied this, but I follow the rules and cooperate with other editors if they find something objectionable until the wording is satisifactory to both sides. I thought that was the point of wikipedia. With Yuber it is impossible to do so.


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Enjoying attacking innocent users much, s**tball? Enviroknot is no sockpuppet of mine, nor is KaintheScion. I really don't care anymore what you f**ckers do to me but you should stop attacking innocents on the say-so of a bunch of Islamist a*sholes and raghead mujahideen wannabes. Leave Enviroknot the f**k alone already. NO swearing please ElKabong 16:57, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Hi Fred,


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I already thanked ArbCom members, including you, for blocking the abusive and spurious sockpuppets in WP:RFAr. But I want to stress that special thanks belong to you. I was especially glad to read your message in ] that I can turn to you in cases when new such socks emerge. This would save both me and ArbCom extra time and efforts, since I wouldn't have to appeal to ArbCom 'for clarification' every time such socks appear.


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Here are some new socks, which are easier to detect: {{User|Scender Beg}} ("born" today, June 30); {{User|Schander Beg}} (same date) {{User|Skender Beg}} (same date), {{User|Skander Beg}} (same date), {{User|Pusti Malaka}} ("born" y-day, June 29) (see similar pattern used prev by Baku Ibne/Azer Zadnizy etc., i.e. <u>using username to convey a 'message'</u> ("...''that I have read so far, <u>I would say Pusti Malaka''</u>" ) (dont know what this message means though) {{User|Lorda Sfigata}} (similar name to previous sock) ("born" y-day, June 29) (also other spurious posts, see, e.g. (intervening in-between my posts and advancing spurious comments).)


It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these ]. Thanks, ] (]) 11:00, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
Fred, also please block another sock '''{{User|Benito Juarez}}''' "born" June 25 . I am confident that this is a sockpuppet, although not sure whose. (may be same as Lorda Sfigata/Pusti Malaka, --> LIGerasimova/Baku Ibne/Twinkletoes etc.) His whole contrib history is personal attacks against me (just check any diff link in his contrib log). At one case, the guy even simply copied and pasted identical spurious posts and attacks from one talkpage to another (see, for ex. identical spurious posts in and . Furthermore, pls, see his implicit personal attack against me in ]: where he implicitly refers to me writing "Azeri (Baku) pundits, who peddle pov" (similar attacks were from LIGerasimova (calling me "Baku Ibne", i.e. "Baku homosexual".) It's also worth indicating that there was no active discussion in that talkpage at the time of his spurious post. As I said, I dont know for surev whom this sock belongs. Another suspect would be ], who in the past also used to use an expression "hearsay peddler" (). Before his insult to me, which I informed you about in your ], I would not suspect him at all in vandalism and sockpuppetry, but after his recent insult, he is also in my list of suspects, so, it may be worth checking his IP and this socks IPs too.


== Books & Bytes - Issue 17 ==
There are so many of these socks that even I sometimes get confused and have hard time on determining which sock is whose. But I am sure that if any such moves are effectively prevented in a timely manner by blocking these socks, then these vandals will not be as much "enthusiastic" in their actions as before. --] June 30, 2005 07:26 (UTC)

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Fred, first I want to thank you for removing vandal sockpuppet attacks in my talkpage.


13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Also, could you please, protect my userpage and talkpage for approximately couple of weeks. Due to my work, I may not be active in WP for this time, and I do not want some vandals or sockpuppets to attack me or in my absence. I can't proceed with such request to request for page protection, but if you find this request of mine apropriate, I would really prefer my userpage and talkpage stay protected while I'm not active.
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Also, I want to inform you that I have just deleted similar vandal-sockpuppet crap from ] (); ] (); ] (); ] () and ] (). It would be great if you and other editors esp with admin privileges keep an eye on these talkpages as well. Thanks. --] July 1, 2005 13:54 (UTC)
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The article ] has been ]&#32;because of the following concern:
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:'''Redundant article on a concept completely aligned with ]. Current content is ] that co-opts other ecological terminology in support of this term. According to ], only 5 scientific articles have used term "geophysiology" in last 10 years (2 of them in a different context). Propose deletion and ] to ].'''
(if you have this ability) on ] and ]. i somewhat doubt it but they engage in similar behavior at times. thank you. ] 1 July 2005 05:44 (UTC)


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: Absurd. &mdash;&nbsp;] July 1, 2005 06:49 (UTC)
::well i have to say your edits aren't that distinguishable, though your comments are moreso. but ya never know... ] 6 July 2005 01:41 (UTC)


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== ] ==
I've written up a new policy proposal, with assistance from Ed Poor, to set out some guidelines and basic principles for dealing with naming conflicts of the Gdanzig type. Could you take a look at ] and let me know what you think? -- ] 1 July 2005 22:13 (UTC)


I've replied to your post on the talkpage. Whilst I am conscious that you have been here a long time, your contributions to ] lead me to the conclusion that you may be out of touch with how Misplaced Pages policy is current applied, particularly in relation to living people. I'm sorry, but in the circumstances I have to ask that you thoroughly read ] before making any further edits to any pages (including talk pages) that fall within the scope of that policy. <strong style="font-variant:small-caps">] ]</strong> 21:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
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:*Similarly, there was this editor's creation of ] with this remarkable edit . I suggested at ] that given that this editor "used Misplaced Pages to create a highly POV attack article, should he receive some sort of warning or topic ban?" That was a year ago, and a fellow editor thought not. But it might be time to consider a topic ban.] (]) 13:42, 28 February 2017 (UTC)


== BLP violation ==
My understanding is that a temporary against ] was passed 4-0-1, but it is not listed on the project page. Am I missing something? Thanks if you can clarify. ] 3 July 2005 18:11 (UTC)


Your comment on Donald Trump talk is a BLP violation and has been deleted. Please do not post that material and those assertions again. The page is under ArbCom sanctions. If you post this again, you will be blocked from editing. This is your only warning. Thanks. ] (]) 21:12, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
==Fred==
check your email when you get the chance will ya. thanks. ] 7 July 2005 03:01 (UTC)


== adding content that requires rev deleting ==


Hi there Fred. Did you see my post? I linked your name so you should have. - ''sad to see an admin ] adding content that requires rev deleting. If an administrator does not respect and or understand ] then he should resign.'' - please consider your position, thanks ] (]) 16:44, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – March 2017 ==
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After reading around and noticing the way that Misplaced Pages is structured and what is happening in the hierarchy and all the changes since May 04, it seems to me likely that Misplaced Pages is being used by western ‘intelligence’ not only to provide a way of keeping under surveillance those who might be troublesome but also of ensuring that in the most important fields of human knowledge and endeavour not only does Misplaced Pages provide a simple way of staying in touch with developments but, even more insidiously, a way of ensuring that these developments may even, to an extent, be ‘managed’ in a way that is as compatible as possible with western values and interests. NPOV seems as close to a definition of this as anyone is likely to be able to imagine.
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I accept that I have no hard 'evidence' whatsoever for this surmise. At the very least, however, it would be a dereliction of duty were CIA, Homeland Security, MI6 and whoever else, not to infiltrate as far as possible and set up whatever mechanisms were possible to be able to track people, groups and movements over 200 languages and involved in discussions on every possible topic of human interest.
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But I suggest that it is very unlikely that their involvement is limited in that way. It is more likely that they are supporting the development of Misplaced Pages and its community in order to be able to keep track of people and developments and foster what they consider to be positive change.
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I have accounts on both wikinfo/English and wikinfo/m (for French) but the latter no longer recognises my password. I've tried asking for a password reset, but I suspect wikinfo/m is still configured with my bigfoot e-address, which has been non-functional since early 2017 (or thereabouts). Can you help me regain access to my ? ] (]) 20:06, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:Might have to create new accounts. email me with your email address. Going to switch over to wwtrade/wikinfo anyway before two long. I'll create an account for you there. ] ] 21:51, 29 March 2017 (UTC)


== Administrators' newsletter – April 2017 ==
Based on how you rewrote the introduction to ], it seems that you would want to merge it with ]. I tried to clarify the introduction to ], but I think that it is as convoluted as ever now. The reference to a Misplaced Pages editor as an authority on class is especially confusing, as is the fact that the article immediately goes into detailed theories of class without providing a general overview of the subject. If we can't define ''working class'' without detailed reference to theories of ], then the former article should be merged into the later. Good luck. ] 23:30, 11 July 2005 (UTC)


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== Heya, about that RFAr injunction... ==


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... you said to holler on an ArbCom members talk page if things aren't going fast enough. Can I please have a confirmation that the injunction is in effect? Alfrem is ''still'' reverting that page, and I have blocked him for 48 hours this time as 24 hours does not seem to be enough for it to sink through the constantly reverting an article is not acceptable on Misplaced Pages.
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Incidently, I take no pleasure in blocking the man. I just want sources, and a halt to POV pushing. - ] 10:08, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
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== Books and Bytes - Issue 21 ==
Hi Fred Bauder, in Cantus' request for arbitration, would you consider applying an extension of Cantus' second case, which states ''Cantus is limited to one revert per article per 24 hour period. Should he violate this, an admin may ban him for a short period of time (up to a week)'', the extension being one revert per 24hr period to any page in any namespace? I feel that the current proposed decision will once again not make it clear to him that refusing to discuss and reverting without edit summaries is not acceptable. Thanks, ] (] | ] | ]) 18:11, 15 July 2005 (UTC)


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Fred, I am told that the ArbCom has "adminished" me for my rudeness in dealing with Skyring. Is this so? If it is, might it not be a good idea to advise me of this rather than leave me to find out secondhand? Or maybe I am misinformed. I am also told you have banned Skyring from editing Australian political articles for a year. If this is the case, might I express the view that this punishment is too harsh? Although Skyring was for a period extremely tiresome I don't believe he is a deliberate wrecker and I think a shorter ban would have been sufficient deterrent. This is particularly so when we consider that the Stalinist wrecker Ruy Lopez and the LaRouchist pest Cognition are allowed to run amok unchecked. ] 04:55, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – May 2017 ==
:Fred, thanks for your reply, I know you have a difficult time with all this. I will try to be better behaved when I return after a break. But the fact is that my tactics do get results, and are made necessary by the weak structure of wikipedia, which is not of course your fault. I believe R Lopez under his previous incarnations has been the subject of numerous disputes - if there is a sockpuppet rule he ought to be banned under it. Cognition is apparently not a sockpuppet, just another LaRouche zombie. ] 04:57, 18 July 2005 (UTC)


] from the past month (April 2017).
::Just to give one illustration of my point above. What kind of encyclopaedia allows this kind of to go on vandalising articles and wasting people's time? ] 06:27, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – June 2017 ==


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==Yuber returned again?==
] from the past month (May 2017).
Sorry to bother you but I think you should know that another two sockpuppets have popped up that appear to be the user called Yuber. They are ] and ]. I have reported them to the Admins noticeboard and Vandalism in Progress page but there has been no response yet. ] 17:18, 27 July 2005 (UTC)


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Fred, thank you for your comment on my talk page. Whilst I initiated the original RfAr on Instantnood, I have had nothing to do with the second one. I'd rather sit this one out, though if you feel I ought to comment on something, or if the ArbCom is considering any remedy invoolving myself, I'd be grateful if you'd let me know, ] 17:29, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
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Is it fair that you've reopened arbitration against him while he is blocked and can't respond? That edit you pointed to wasn't disruptive enough to even warrant the block, let alone a one year ban. Perhaps put things on hold and just ''ask'' him if he intends to work productively. -- ] ] 18:36, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
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== Unprotection of ] ==
== Regarding Plautus satire ==
I don't think the above article needs an indefinite semi-protection given the time that has passed since the original protection (nor am I entirely sure "privacy issues" is a valid protection criterion). Would you mind either going to PC or unprotecting this article? --] (]) 15:35, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
:This matter has been brought to the attention of the current editors with oversight. I don't remember what the trouble was. ] ] 16:13, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
::There is a note on the talk page that the subject has requested the article cover only her professional life. It was personal information that was oversighted, much (but not all) of which is in the current live version of the article. I'm not aware of any reason from an oversight perspective that would require continued semi-protection, merely continued vigilance. I've not unprotected it myself as I've not looked to see if there are any other reasons. I did happen to spot though that I nominated an earlier version of this article for speedy deletion (as A7) back in 2006! ] (]) 20:22, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

== Books and Bytes - Issue 22 ==

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== This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on ==

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on (2 RfCs, actually, one less than six months ago and another a year ago). The new RfC is at:

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Specifically, it asks that "religion = none" be allowed in the infobox.

The first RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

*15 June 2015 RfC: ''']'''.

The result of that RfC was "unambiguously in favour of '''omitting the parameter altogether for 'none' "''' and despite the RfC title, additionally found that "There's no obvious reason why this would not apply to historical or fictional characters, '''institutions''' etc.", and that nonreligions listed in the religion entry should be removed when found "'''in any article'''".

The second RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

*31 December 2015 RfC: ''']'''.

The result of that RfC was that the "'''in all Misplaced Pages articles, without exception''', nonreligions should not be listed in the Religion= parameter of the infobox.".

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== Administrators' newsletter – July 2017 ==

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Can you point me to the Arb case? The one I find is under voting. He sent me this reply via email:
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== Books and Bytes - Issue 23 ==
Obviously, that is a request I'd never comply with. The way it was written sounds like, "I'm going to take your janitor key, beat up everyone and fix the mess around here my way." --] ] 06:14, 31 July 2005 (UTC)


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While I agree with your edit commented "Citations needed" in ], a proper way would be to move dubious pieces into talk page. Both deleted pieces have certain circulation and deserve to be disussed at least in the talk page. ] ] 21:41, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – September 2017 ==
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] from the past month (August 2017).
Hello! I'm just a little curious about what's going on in connection with me at ]. I see my name, but not any text detailing exactly what's happening. I had a relatively significant role in events, but I don't believe I did anything inappropriate. Any clarification you could offer would be appreciated. Thanks! --] ] 16:13, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
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and see if it might hlep ,my cause.
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his completel lack of good faith
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== Books and Bytes - Issue 24 ==
sorry if this is uncalled for, i would just like to see t his issue resolved without having to listen to his rants and rudness any longer.
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i don't know if that was supposed to be some kind of sarcastic response, but i did send you an email, and i hope things get movin' a bit. ] 21:01, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
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well ok to sum it up can we please get things going with the ArbCom, i realize it's summer but it's been 4 months. ] 21:11, 7 August 2005 (UTC)


] from the past month (October 2017).
it's a tad irrelevant now, i don't particularly like Davenbelle's edits but i am free to work with him on disputed subjects rather than impugning him as a leftist as i did before. i brought the ArbCom case forward with the assumption that people could get easily banned for POV edits -- i was wrong and got this Dec. sockpuppet thing as well as past fights with 172 and Viajero thrown back at me.
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in any case while i think the problem has pretty much been resolved now given the time that has passed and the fact that i have patched things up with two users i used to get into severe disputes with if there is still going to be this punishment i just want it to wrap up soon. while Davenbelle IMO has made some serious POV edits he probably hasn't done anything worthy of a year-ban. ] 07:32, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
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well i think i've made my case that i've dropped the former aggressive POVing pretty clear but in any case i thank you for favoring a more specific punishment. ] 12:16, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
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] from the past month (November 2017).
I didn't destroy the page history of ]. He never created a user page for himself. It was a redlink until I created a stopgap page containing only his name in December 2004 to make it easier to go to his talk page via his signature on other talk pages (someone did that for me when I started so I've done that from time to time with redlinked users to make communication easier.) ] 03:36, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
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Fred, does the Arbcomm require ] preserved as evidence or we go ahead and "speedy delete" since it's an orphaned talk page?] 15:08, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
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== Books and Bytes - Issue 25 ==
== 216.112.42.61 ==


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Thanks for your offer about examining 216.112.42.61. He seems to deserve it. However, what can you do about an anonymous editor? --] | ] 01:56, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
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== AI prohibited from CoS articles ==
And what is the reason for this based on what? --] 21:58, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
:Aggressive point of view editing. We do need to show more evidence. ] 22:48, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
::No need for evidence, I agree my POV is pro-scn because I am a Scientologist and yes I know I am very aggressive in almost everything I do. My POV should be acceptable considering the CoS articles are highly anti-Scn and contain false information with too much attribution to unprofessional "critics" and attribution given to sources who are referencing material that is unpublished. Need I say more? Aloha. --] 04:26, 12 August 2005 (UTC)


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How can I make a complaint about a wiki user with a misleading username? I assumed ] had an official wiki ombudsman role despite his POV edits. This was reinforced by his user page, which contains a box with links to wiki arbitration and mediation sections, and his frequent seemingly official welcome messages to new members. I only recently learned that he has no official role. It appears that he is trying to mislead editors to believe he is a neutral wiki mediator to provide cover for POV edits, esp. in the anti-psychiatry area (he adopts the Tom Cruise position on psychiatry). What can I do?--] 09:37, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
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I'm copying the message you left on ] to ]. FYI, this is where any correspondence with him goes now. ~~ ''']''' (]/]) 16:31, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
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is it proper for me to attempt to edit the workshop page? if not, i have been speaking on the talk page....] 23:47, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
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Could you possibly fill in in the "On this case, Arbitrators is/are recused and is/are inactive, so votes are" bit on my RfAr. Thanks, ] ( ] | ] | ] ) 15:34, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – February 2018 ==
== why /Workshop rather than /Evidence? ==


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You recently edited ] to point to /Workshop links rather than /Evidence links.
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The /Workshop page itself is somewhat confusing, because it is simply an unmodified template: the prior content at ] that lists the parties and their statements (during the voting by arbitrators on whether to accept/reject) is not reproduced there. -- ] 15:04, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – March 2018 ==
Well, I've edited ] to point to the /Evidence page, since that page has already been edited. However, I'm not entirely sure how you wish to use ]: is the evidence now intended to go at the bottom of that page or will there still be a separate evidence page? It seems that you are transitioning between two different ways of handling the evidence-gathering phase, and I'm not sure what your wishes are here, or how to edit things to reflect them. -- ] 18:09, 16 August 2005 (UTC)


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Under exactly what authority does ] think he can unilaterally permanently ban users, and destroy their user pages, and protect their talk pages so that they can't respond? -
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== Administrators' newsletter – April 2018 ==
This seems to be a case of right wing evangelical Christian admin'''s''' thinking they have the right to dictate to everyone else.


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It also seems in contempt of the arbitration committee's right to make the decision.
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i dont remember how to find out if somes a sock or not. anyway, the users im curious about are ], ] becasue both showthe same lack of civillity.] 04:05, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
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:I look forward to my name being cleared. I give you explicit permission to disclose to Gavin any and all evidence that would lead you to believe that I am DreamGuy. I do not give you permission to disclose my IP address, to him under any circumstances. ] 04:11, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
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i do not think that it is your choice in any case. heres the thing toh, your being relaly really rude, with no cause, just like he does. so i suspect.] 04:15, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
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== Books & Bytes - Issue 27 ==
In Gabriel's brain, anyone who removes his edits and tries to explain to him why he is wrong in uncivil, and considering he has been blocked 20+ times now for uncivil behavior and sockpuppeting and so forth, it is absolutely bizarre for him to try to accuse other people of doing what he's been proven to be doing nonstop since he got here. His RfAr is ongoing and hopefully the impending long term block will be soon, because it's not right that he should harass multiple real editors this way. ] 10:56, August 21, 2005 (UTC)


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== Administrators' newsletter – May 2018 ==
== rktect arbitration ==


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You said: ''but you are both doing to have to show some evidence''
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I tried to limit my statement to 500 words, as indicated. On my account, in what area do you want to see more evidence? And exactly where should it be placed? -- ] 20:57, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
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:You said: ''I find this dispute very confusing, possibly due to Rktect not signing his posts. I would want Rktect to come up with book and page regarding the authority for his assertions, likewise for you I would want an example of him posting some unsupported fact, many unsupported facts.''
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I have a question in this matter. As an interested party, I would like to make a statement in this case. At what time is this appropriate, and is there an expected format? ] <sup>]|]</sup> 01:27, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
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* In places where its appropriate I have indicated book and page, Klein pp 105 - 115, other places I have refered to Gardiner section 266, or Gillings chapter 9 or Herodotus "The Histories Book II".


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* Some references are footnoted as or and referenced into the text. If you like I will either scan or digitally photograph any pages that you want to see and don't happen to have in your library at home, and if you like I will footnote any passage you have questions about.
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* I can also produce many relevant images which I have copied for my own use from the web such as photographs of rulers, rods and measuring devices. If you mean what you say about determining this based on whether or not I can provide references for my facts I will be very happy to supply as many as you need. ] 17:00, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
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Merle was stripped of membership to the Alberta Alliance party after the Randy Thorstienson announced his resignation in March. unfortunetly the news articles involving Terslesky are not avalible on-line anymore. There was articles in both the Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal, in which he belived the Alberta Alliance one sitting MLA Paul Hinman should cross the floor to the Progressive Conservatives.
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The council revoked his membership to the party. For his status please contact Mark Scholz V.P. of membership at the Alberta Alliance mark.scholz@albertaalliance.com, or Kelly Swerid kswerid@shaw.ca Former Vice President of Election Readiness, or even Merle Terslesky himself.
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Thats the best source I can give you --] 22:45, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
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I am, unfortunately, one of the people involved in the Zen-master arbitration process. I just discovered that there is now a workshop attached to the original request for arbitration. The whole process looks different to me than the kind of arbitration that Anthere conducted when there was a big fight over the DNA article. This proceeding has, to me, more the look of a trial with the projected solution being some kind of punishment if anyone is found guilty.
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I asked in several ways for outside help because Zen-master was calling people Nazis and similar names, and those accusations can be damaging to individuals outside the Misplaced Pages domain in the void. I had in mind another case where I had imagined that one user making some abusive statements had decided to behave himself -- not knowing that the abuse was continuing on the talk pages of other articles. I felt that I should have intervened in that case, and I didn't want to stand by and let people get hurt in this case. After the use of abusive language had been abated, hostilities moved into the edit war theatre. Then a request for arbitration was put in. (That's just as I remember things. No time at 3 a.m. to go back and reread old talk page entries.)


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I don't see where administrative punishments are particularly suitable in this case. I think mediation, if successful, would be more productive in the long run. The problem, as I see it, is that Zen-master will not accept attempts to mediate by me as being other than inimicable to him. That is perhaps understandable, since in certain key respects I disagree with him. What is needed, IMHO, is to find somebody whose good intentions Zen-master can believe in. And that person, if I understand things correctly, will have to be able to explain to him, in terms that he can accept, why it is not productive to keep repeating the same assertions and questions over and over again.
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I basically agree with Zen-master on an emotional basis. I have a non-expert's feeling about the way the issues of "race and intelligence" have been framed, about the reliability of the evidence, about many of the issues that center around the validity of the conceptual scheme used to discuss the entire issue. That being said, I know that I have feelings but no proof. I have agreed with Zen-master publically, on the discussion page of the R&I article, on every point on which I can find agreement with him. He still regards me as some kind of enemy. I watched another contributor (Nectarflowed, I think it was) patiently try to get him through the same fundamental flaw of reasoning that I saw, but Zen-master rejected all attempts at reason and kept pounding at his familiar assertions. Then I tried to set up a parallel problem in scientific inquiry that did not involve the same emotionally loaded issues, but all contributors including Zen-master ignored that attempt.
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Since everyone has ignored it, the example has failed its original purpose, but let me use it here to describe what I think is causing the intellectual side of the problem. (What I see as Zen-master's set to see bad intentions in people who disagree with him is another matter.) When kuru, the human analog of mad cow disease, was discovered in New Guinea, the researchers did not investigate all members of the general population of that country. The researchers noticed almost almost immediately that all people affected by that disease were members of an ethnic group called the Fore. Their initial hypothesis was, "Something is causing disease among the Fore." Then the looked for characteristics of this ethnic group that might explain the fact that they had this problem. They very early on considered the possibility that it involved the genetic constitutions of this group. It would have been stupid for those doctors to look at non-Fore members of the general population. Now for the analogy I was setting up: Lower average IQ scores are the "disease," and there are three or four ethnic groups that have progressively lower average IQ scores in the US. The same questions need to be asked: Is this a matter of genetic constitution? (It wasn't a question of genetic constitution in the case of the Fore.) Is it a matter of culture? (It was in the case of the Fore, and they had to be convinced to change practices central to their cultural identity.) Zen-master wants people to not look at "race and intelligence" but to look at "nutrition and intelligence". Applied to the prion disease emergency his approach would have asked health officials to ignore the fact that it was the Fore who manifested the problem and look at all individuals in the country to see why a certain "random" set of indivuals got the disease.
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I hope that's clear enough for you to understand what is puzzling me. One possible response to what has gone on so far is to do what Ed Poor did immediately after I wrote to him. Just say: Don't fight, or else. Doing so will prevent future outbreaks of the problem in this one place, but it doesn't strike me as an instance of either arbitration or mediation. It strikes the branches not the root of the problem. I sincerely believe that Zen-master's heart is in the right place. So is Rikurzhen's heart, and that of everybody else involved. At the root of the problem is an issue of dynamics, a dialog that is not taking place. I don't know whether to put any of this on the "workshop." It seems that nobody is interested or aware of what I see as the fundamental issue. ] 07:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
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Thanks for your response on my talk page. I haven't seen anybody getting called Nazi, neo-Nazi, or racist for a while, thank goodness. Hitting somebody with a penalty may be the only thing that works when somebody is not truly penitent. One can always hope for sudden enlightenment to set it, but I haven't seen any signs of that. ] 01:25, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
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is closed, this said eisting case. woudl that change your vote on that matter ( the arb thing) or would it remain unchanged?] 05:20, 4 September 2005 (UTC)


== Administrators' newsletter – August 2018 ==
== re:Coolcat ==


] from the past month (July 2018).
I never asked him to get out of the Armenian genocide article for ever. We(I and another member), have asked in the past for him to read at least one work about the topic, revisionist if he want, but at least to come and have something to contribute in the article, but since he didn't do such, and came back again(without reading much) and wants again to get texts in the article to be deleted, also, to introduce what he believes in the article,(and not what is said about the topic) I requested him out of there. Of course, I have no authority to do that, but I also said that I will assume the consequences of my acts, because such harsh words seems to be the only way that people will start trying to act, and since nothing worked, for me it was the only option left. I agree that Misplaced Pages should not become an elitist hole, but neither should it become an anti-elitist one, and when a member comes there, and does even not know the names of those, the position he defend, and has not read a single work, or even an article from them, he has no business in the article, unless it is grammar corrections, or POV wordings. There are many people out there that can correct the grammar of the article, and Coolcat is the last to be able to differentiate from a POV wording and NPOV wording, and he doesn't know the subject at hand. ] 23:49, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
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I am disputing the assertion put forward by User:Rms125a@hotmail.com that Wayne and others on the set of the movie '']'' died because of making that movie. I firmly belief Wayne died from, to quote Wayne: "smoking four to five packs a day for forty years." Now my opinion does not belong in the article, and neither does "The Conqueror's" pro-nuclear fall-out theorist. I would also guess that half of the actors that have passed away, who smoked heavily in the 1940's and 1950's, and lived to be 60 years old or older died from cancer.


== Books & Bytes – Issue 29 ==
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P.S. JFK did not die in Switzerland in 1993 either.
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Technically, I was suggesting that Arvanitic is a ] of ] ] (I have been subject to a false accusation by you: that I said repeatedly insist on referring to a language used by Greeks as "Albanian"). I have demonstrated this above using ]. Misplaced Pages policy (], ] and ]) requires that this be made clear in the article. But if you feel that ], I shall be more than happy to stand aside. ] 15:36, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
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Hi Fred. Having just read your user page, I thought I'd say that I'm a fellow retiree ;-) I used to be a mathematician and I live in Cambridge Massachusetts with my wife who is a radiologist and who teaches at Harvard medical school (When people ask how I could retire so young, I always say I married well ;-) As you are presumably aware I participated in Ed Poor's recently closed ArbCom case. I made a "third party" statement urging that the case be accepted, and I contributed an "evidence" section, after it was. Let me say first that I have nothing but respect for the ArbCom members. You are all volunteers doing a thankless task ;-) for which you all deserve the communities gratitude (there now, are you sufficiently buttered up?) But … I have some concerns about the way the case was handled. I have shared some of my concerns ]. But I wondered if we might discuss this here in a somewhat more personal and private way? Regards ] ] 14:55, 14 September 2005 (UTC)


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*https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/september/are-you-average-reserved-self-centered-or-a-role-model/
I am about to write a complaint regarding ]'s provocative behaviour and his repeated calumnies against me. I don't want him to be blocked or ''punished'' in any way, I just want to stop him slandering me as a far-right-wing. His provocative behaviour is described perfectly by - I can prove, with his contributions, that he does exactly what he accuses me of doing. While checking his contributions to gather evidence for an RFC (I think that would be the way of complaining against him, with the least consequences for him), I saw his comments here, and I thought I should ask your opinion about it. ] 16:32, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
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:], I suggest you read ] as well as ]. I never slandered you as a right-wing as you say, I just said I detect right-wing politics (or something like that). I have never called YOU a right-wing. For all you know I could have been referring to someone else. Also, personal attacks are in reference to the person, not content (see ]). You should have considered that before making the accusation. That accusation is entirely unjustified. Also, you should know that I don't appreciate wiki-stalking. ] 17:22, 14 September 2005 (UTC)


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About the Yuber RFA, where exactly should users put evidence of Guy Montag? There are several bits of evidence on the talk page of the RFA, but shouldn't there be a more appropriate place for it?
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I've recently added new evidence that discusses AI's belligerent article revert warring and intimidation. AI has unapologetically verified (on the evidence page) that I have quoted him/her accurately. I noticed a motion suggested to close the arbitration, but I hope that the new evidence will be considered beforehand. As of now, I don't see any proposed decisions directly concerning the issues that I've presented. I'd appreciate it if you could take a look. Thanks, ] <sup>]</font></sup> 21:46, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
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Mr Bauder, I understand you were one of the main arbitrators involved in the Emico case. I just wanted to inform you that TheoClarke has already banned three sockpuppet accounts purportedly being used by Emico and he has now come back, using open proxies, editing the article to his own POV every day for the past week. I have proposed a lock on this article, and I believe that Emico's ban needs to be extended due to his uncouth behaviour.--] 05:16, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
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Yes, I've withdrawn my complaint in exchange for AVD removing material about me posted on another discussion board. It is in relation to that material that I threatened, on that board, to take him to court. Just to be clear, I never made any such comments on wikipedia or in relation to anything AVD had posted here. ] 20:59, 16 September 2005 (UTC)


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Fred, I left you a note on ], but in case you didn't see it, I also want to thank you here for reviewing the presentation of evidence in the case. I see it's caused you quite a bit of extra work, which I feel bad about now. My main concern was the issue of transparency so that Guy could see what was being said about him, which I hope you understand. Now that he's aware of the evidence, he can choose to mount a defense if he wants to. Thank you again for your willingness to be flexible. ] <sup><font color="Purple">]</font></sup> 01:32, 17 September 2005 (UTC)


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Fred, sorry to bother you outside of the ArbCom pages, but User:Cool Cat has been very aggressively refactoring pages (especially the ArbCom case pages) to rename himself from User:Coolcat &rarr; User:Cool Cat. He has done this is a very sloppy manner and has broken links all over the place and is refactoring all forms of address in the posts of others to several variations of his new User ID (Cool Cat or Cool_Cat). I feel this is completely out of line and that it is appropriate to bring it to your attention here. Thank you. &mdash;&nbsp;] 04:11, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
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The problem is that when you make them up, instead of reading through what the person said to try to "spin" what they've said, chances are you won't be able to find any supporting links as evidence. This was evidence by one of your more bold claims of "Cite your sources", where you provided zero (0) links as evidence. The fact that you couldn't come up with anything upon request on the mailing list doesn't help your case either (you actually stopped replying completely once I very thoroughly outlined the many places I did cite sources). This really is your last chance to dig and find something.
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In case you're wondering, I was just kind of bored, which is why I didn't get around to this until now. In retrospect, I find the myriad of accusations (lies) you put with zero (0) supporting links to be appalling. If I remember correctly, you easily added over 75% of them personally. ] 12:48, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
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Interesting, so you have read this, but you refuse to respond to the accusations you know them to be highly merititious. I'm still trying to figure out the appropriate channels to figure out how to "prosecute" an arbitrator abuse case, but until then, I'd be VERY interested to hear your defense, since you've not ever attempted to make a single one beyond vague, general accusations. I think I may open a Request for Arbitrartion against you if necessary, but obviously that's problematic when you're dealing with arbitrarors who made the error in question. ] 03:59, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
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Standing again? Good for you, Fred. We could do with more calm old-timers on ArbCom. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 13:01, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
:Thank you! I'll do my best to not throw the fuel for the emergency pumps over the side... ] ] 13:05, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
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== Don't spend hours ==
This is the information at the top of ]. You have not followed the required practice. This results in a very confusing evidence page where nothing can be found or followed easily. ] 15:55, 20 September 2005 (UTC)


Thank you for two thoughtful responses to my arbcom question. I don't want you to spend hours, although being an arb often will require that. I also don't want to help too much ;) - It will take less than an hour to read what others said, ]. - Nice to meet you! --] (]) 22:27, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
:MOVED. I apollogise for this. --] ] 16:48, 20 September 2005 (UTC)


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::The edit complained of: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Business_career_of_Donald_Trump&type=revision&diff=862447829&oldid=860434740 is well-sourced and appropriate. ] ] 19:12, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
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::::The source is a detailed investigation, not an editorial. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html ] ] 09:14, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
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: I think we want to keep this as simple as possible. As Jack Web used to say "Just the facts Ma'm". Let Egil remove everything that is irrelevant, immaterial, speculative and false from his statement
and there will certainly be much less to respond to. ] 01:25, 23 September 2005 (UTC) Are you running for Arbcom, Fred? ] (]) 09:42, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
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::A section has been set aside on the /Evidence page for your use. Please place what you wish in that section. Do not edit Egil's section. ] 03:43, 23 September 2005 (UTC)


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I noted your addition about the State Dept human trafficking report was edited out. You might try inserting it in ], if it's not already there. I inserted a link to that article at the bottom of the Saudi Arabia article. Cheers. -- ]<sup>] | ]</sup> 06:18, 25 September 2005 (UTC)


Please see ].--] (]) 19:11, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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Fred, do you have a source for the trafficking info in the ] article? --] <sup>]</sup> 18:41, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
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:Okay, so it's a good thing I didn't remove the stuff from the article. :-)I found the Saudi Arabia section in the report this time. --] <sup>]</sup> 19:27, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
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See ]. ] (]) 15:18, 11 November 2018 (UTC)


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Are you trying to get a permanent block, can you really not see how edit warring and unblocking yourself (as an am din) looks? At best you might get away with crucifixion if you apologize for this ... well I leave it at that.] (]) 16:33, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
I respect what you are doing and the difficulty, effort, and time you invest in ongoing participation in the AC. For this reason, and because of our past collaboration, I am honoring your request to lift the block, and will do so without delay.


== A kitten for you! ==
] Co., ] 02:51, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
:I'll add a quick comment here as your talk page is already regrettably cluttered with ArbCom matters. I'm glad -Ril-'s been unblocked, as there should be some allowance for his RFAR and being able to comment there. I am a little concerned, though, about his now having absolute liberty. You'll recall ] was a major reson for the arbitration, with his warring and removing comments at the AFD and making more than one disruptive VFD. Well, it was since merged with community consensus, and on his first day back he RFD'd it. It worries me that this is a continuation. Really, I wonder if a temporary injunction on any deletion nominations until the RFAR is over is possible? (and that was my impetus for becoming a party as well) And I'm not really comfortable talking to him directly, based on past interaction. I noticed one of his first edits was to delete the message from Jimbo, again removing comments... ]·] 22:23, 3 October 2005 (UTC)


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==Time to stand down==
That's quite a troll who is flaming away on the RfAr page. I wonder if he has any idea just what will happen if he really gets all of the ArbCom members to recuse. He is now only banned from editing certain articles, if I understand. I don't think he understands what will happen if Jimbo Wales really does act. Some of us will watch for possible amusement. ] 00:03, 29 September 2005 (UTC)


Clearly election to Arbcom is not in the cards at this time. I hope you will do your part to tamp down the kitchen fire by removing your name from consideration in the current election. best, --tim //// ] (]) 17:46, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
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Is he still up for election?] (]) 11:01, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Fred, FYI ] <sup><font color="Purple">]</font></sup> 06:56, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
:Yes, after my unblock, he has been reinstated. ] (]) 11:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC)


: He's been reinstated as eligible by the election committee, given that he's no longer blocked and thus (formally) again "a user in good standing". Not being an admin is not formally a criterion against candidacy. But as far as I can see, he hasn't declared yet whether he wishes to uphold the candidacy himself. Personally, I'd certainly advise that he shouldn't. ] ] 11:06, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
== Criticisms of communism ==
I think you made some good suggestions and have added the critics you mentioned and others. I have also included arguments by Richard Pipes regarding human nature and WWII, a new table and picture, various other new arguments, and reorganized. Please take a look if you have the time. What else can be improved? ] 21:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC)


== Arbcom case re. desysop ==
== User:Cool_Cat/Wiki-politics ==
Fred, since the cases is still not closed, can it be a vote by arbitrators, about wherever or not Coolcats page should be deleted? ] 21:48, 2 October 2005 (UTC)


Fred, I have desysoped you following the multiple self-unblocks. These self-unblocks are really unacceptable to a point where I have done the desysop outside of an Arbcom motion. It's a Sunday and it's not clear when Arbcom would have passed a motion to do it themselves. Accordingly, I have filed an arbitration case.
== IN RE BigDaddy777 RfA ==


Several questions (you can answer here and I'll watch):


You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at ] and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. As threaded discussion is not permitted on most arbitration pages, please ensure that you make all comments in your own section only. Additionally, the ] and the ] may be of use.
#I am listed as a "complainer" -- but am actually only an interested party, and have no real complaints about BD. I have much more criticism with BD's accusers than anything he has done. I never endorsed the RfC but actually have much to say. How/where do I indicate this on the RfA?
#Does one really bring arbitration "against" another user? Isn't that an oxymoron? Someone has been using that word when referring to the RfA, and I think it is inappropriate. Arbitration should be "between" parties, not against them. And it should be controlled by neutral parties, and aimed at resolving the dispute, no?


Thanks,<!-- Template:Arbcom notice --> ''']''' 19:23, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, Fred.


== Request to contact the Arbitration Committee ==
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Hi Fred. Please contact the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-en@wikimedia.org at your earliest convenience. Thank you. ~ ]<sup style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">]</sup> 19:24, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
== Stevertigo arbitration: one key finding of fact is not resolved ==


== Unblock ==
Hello,

Hi Fred, just noting for the record that the community has rejected a ] to ban you, and the indeffing admin has that they would not object to an unblock at this point, should you wish to submit a request to be unblocked. So, as it stands now, we are simply awaiting your request to be unblocked, if and when you feel you are ready to return. I understand it may take some time, but I hope you will return soon. Sorry all this happened. Regards, ]] 23:36, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
*Hi Fred. It's good to see you're still around. I have another update for you: per the deliberations at ], the Electoral Commission has decided that you will still be permitted to run in the Arbcom election, pending only the unblock of your account. The Commission is still in the process of deciding upon the ] that you can be unblocked by and still qualify to stand as a candidate, but this is good news for you. If you intend to stay in the election, I suggest you request an unblock ASAP. As I said, with the blocking admin unopposed, we will certainly grant an unblock request as soon as you indicate that you are ready to return. If you do not plan on running anymore, please make it known at your earliest convenience. I think you certainly still have a chance, but that's just me. Regards, ]] 07:03, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
===Unblocked===
*As the original blocking admin I'm be happy to unblock now, as the block is no longer preventative (and ] has already ). You are, therefore, now unblocked. ] (]) 08:09, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

==Statement in arbitration case==
:https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Fred_Bauder
Maxim relied in good faith on an emergency request from an administrator. Any such request should be honored without requiring a through investigation. ] ] 23:38, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
:I've put your statement on the case request page.--] (]) 23:48, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
::Hi Fred, as I'm sure you've noticed, several Arbitrators have voted to deal with the case by motion, or to hold their votes to see if you want to proceed with a full case. The ] section of the Arbitration procedures gives you the explicit right to request a full case to examine the situation surrounding the removal, if you want to do that. Your statement above looks like you don't want to do that, but I don't want to make assumptions. For clarity's sake, can I get you to confirm whether or not you want a full case to be opened? &spades;]&spades; ] 00:25, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
:Fred, you might not want to hear from me, but I just want to say that your statement above is gracious and deserves a nod of respect. ] (]) 07:03, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

== Generic message of support ==

Hey, Fred, I just heard about the brouhaha a few minutes ago. I just wanted to say I'm very glad to see that it appears to be blowing over -- you'd be a loss to the community for sure. Welcome back! (You know me as Snarglefoop in another reality -- or you did until I got too busy with real life and vanished from the world of Wikis again.) ] (]) 00:35, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

== Official statement on Fred Bauder's standing as candidate ==

The electoral commission has discussed the issue of Fred Bauder's nomination and agrees that he is to appear on the voting ballot. After discussing the the definition of being in good standing, the committee has opted to consider good standing as "to not be subjects of an active block". Fred's block was lifted before the nomination period was closed, thus his nomination has been restored. Fred Bauder is also reminded that unless the questions outright attack or ] users, questions cannot be moved or removed from the candidate's questions page.—] <span style="font-family:Rockwell">(])</span> 01:55, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

== Official statement on Fred Bauder's standing as candidate ==

The electoral commission has discussed the issue of Fred Bauder's nomination and agrees that he is to appear on the voting ballot. After discussing the the definition of being in good standing, the committee has opted to consider good standing as "to not be subjects of an active block". Fred's block was lifted before the nomination period was closed, thus his nomination has been restored. Fred Bauder is also reminded that unless the questions outright attack or ] users, questions cannot be moved or removed from the candidate's questions page.—] <span style="font-family:Rockwell">(])</span> 01:57, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

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== Books & Bytes, Issue 33 ==

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== Books & Bytes Issue 34, May – June 2019 ==

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== Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019 ==

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== Books & Bytes – Issue 36 ==

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== Books & Bytes – Issue 37 ==

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:::With respect to Carmel google per capita income carmel california Newport has lots of poor enlisted Navy, and a ton of history. What is the best way to phrase the category? ] ] 13:37, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
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If you feel you need to block the IP I really wouldnt be against it. I've never done much editing, and only signed up to avoid the confusion I saw developing over the IP. I can always do any edits I need to do when I get home. Though I am not that familiar with them, the previous user using the IP while not being logged in (I think he had a bunch of edits on the Ann Coulter page) I think said he used other IP's also, so a ban of the IP would not affect him greatly. I have no idea about the other users of the IP, BarneyGumble, pagan-whatever and some other guy. At least I take it they use the IP since they were banned from editing along with the IP, which is when I came into this whole mess .--] 19:49, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


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I understand exactly what he meant when I read what he wrote that elitism is earned. I am not a socialist by any means, but the empirical data from the bank and auto bailouts of 2009 onward do not support any such notion of earned elitism. Mr. Bauder, you need to be updated on recent history. User:Noblestats Talk Noblestats (talk) 13:12, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Fred Bauder.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Fred Bauder. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages 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 site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Fred Bauder. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages 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 site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Help needed

Hi Fred Bauder, Bill 28 (British Columbia) which has been law in Canada since the beginning of August, is an important economics/foreign relations article. It has been in the British Columbia (BC) news almost daily since the Bill’s passage, but it appears Americans journalists are just now starting to discover it.

The law was introduced with the intention of making owned-and-rented-homes affordable for the average locals / squander money and make politicians look good just before elections, depending on one’s point of view. This omnibus Bill was rushed through the BC legislature, and does things like impose a 15% tax on "foreigners", allow the city of Vancouver (BC) to impose a vacancy tax on homes that are not occupied, and establish a fund for the proceeds. There is no doubt in my mind it will have major repercussions both in Canada and abroad for years.

Problem is, I will be going on a long wiki-break soon and will not be able to babysit this article. As it is, I am having trouble just keeping links to current newspaper articles on the talk-page. I am wondering if this is something you have an interest in? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 16:06, 12 December 2016 (UTC)please ping me

I'll research it and keep an eye on it. I live in a town with similar problems. They rent chicken house on AirBnB in Crestone... User:Fred Bauder Talk 16:09, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
I would also appreciate some help on that particular page. There is a recurrent problem of synthesis, original research, and edit warring. World's Lamest Critic (talk) 00:15, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War

Thank you for improving this article. I made a minor change (preceding 'Johnson' with 'President'—see edit summary). In a separate edit I moved the sentence containing "..Johnson attempted no further appearances in public venues.." since that statement is not supported in the cited source. I think that the statement is not strictly true, and should be removed until a proper citation can be found. Since it is such a strong statement, I removed the sentence rather than just replacing the citation with a 'citation needed' tag. I've contributed to the article from time to time, and it is on my watch list, so I will check further on the assertion. There is also the question of what qualifies as a 'public venue', so without a strong with the exact phrase, the sentence should not be included.

While I am here: there has been some discussion on the article talk page about globalization of the article and its current emphasis on the anti-Vietnam War movement inside the U.S. What are your thoughts on that? If there should be two articles, one for inside the U.S., and one for the global movement, then what might be possible article names? — Neonorange (talk) 21:55, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 20

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Books & Bytes
Issue 20, November-December 2016
by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs)

  • Partner resource expansions
  • New search tool for finding TWL resources
  • #1lib1ref 2017
  • Wikidata Visiting Scholar

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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
  • Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Misplaced Pages, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
  • The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

Obituaries

  • JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Misplaced Pages seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.
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Proposed deletion of Geophysiology

The article Geophysiology has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Redundant article on a concept completely aligned with Gaia hypothesis. Current content is WP:OR that co-opts other ecological terminology in support of this term. According to Web of Science, only 5 scientific articles have used term "geophysiology" in last 10 years (2 of them in a different context). Propose deletion and WP:REDIR to Gaia hypothesis.

While all constructive contributions to Misplaced Pages are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. PLUMBAGO 16:31, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Professional interrogation technique listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Professional interrogation technique. Since you had some involvement with the Professional interrogation technique redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. BDD (talk) 21:06, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Donald Trump

I've replied to your post on the talkpage. Whilst I am conscious that you have been here a long time, your contributions to Donald Trump lead me to the conclusion that you may be out of touch with how Misplaced Pages policy is current applied, particularly in relation to living people. I'm sorry, but in the circumstances I have to ask that you thoroughly read Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons before making any further edits to any pages (including talk pages) that fall within the scope of that policy. WJBscribe (talk) 21:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

BLP violation

Your comment on Donald Trump talk is a BLP violation and has been deleted. Please do not post that material and those assertions again. The page is under ArbCom sanctions. If you post this again, you will be blocked from editing. This is your only warning. Thanks. SW3 5DL (talk) 21:12, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

adding content that requires rev deleting

Hi there Fred. Did you see my post? I linked your name so you should have. - sad to see an admin User:Fred Bauder adding content that requires rev deleting. If an administrator does not respect and or understand wp:policy and guidelines then he should resign. - please consider your position, thanks Govindaharihari (talk) 16:44, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Administrator changes

Amortias • Deckiller • BU Rob13
Ronnotel • Islander • Chamal N • Isomorphic • Keeper76 • Lord Voldemort • Shereth • Bdesham • Pjacobi

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Misplaced Pages have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
  • Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Misplaced Pages soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
  • A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.
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Orphaned non-free image File:LingFerrariCrash.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:LingFerrariCrash.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Misplaced Pages under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Misplaced Pages. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Misplaced Pages (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:55, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

wikinfo

I have accounts on both wikinfo/English and wikinfo/m (for French) but the latter no longer recognises my password. I've tried asking for a password reset, but I suspect wikinfo/m is still configured with my bigfoot e-address, which has been non-functional since early 2017 (or thereabouts). Can you help me regain access to my wikinfo/m user page? Urhixidur (talk) 20:06, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Might have to create new accounts. email me with your email address. Going to switch over to wwtrade/wikinfo anyway before two long. I'll create an account for you there. User:Fred Bauder Talk 21:51, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

Administrator changes

added TheDJ
removed Xnuala • CJ • Oldelpaso • Berean Hunter • Jimbo Wales • Andrew c • Karanacs • Modemac • Scott

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
  • The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
  • An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
  • After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news

  • After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
  • Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:54, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 21

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Books & Bytes
Issue 21, January-March 2017
by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

  • #1lib1ref 2017
  • Misplaced Pages Library User Group
  • Misplaced Pages + Libraries at Wikimedia Conference 2017
  • Spotlight: Library Card Platform

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).

Administrator changes

added Karanacs • Berean Hunter • GoldenRing • Dlohcierekim
removed Gdr • Tyrenius • JYolkowski • Longhair • Master Thief Garrett • Aaron Brenneman • Laser brain • JzG • Dragons flight

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
  • Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Misplaced Pages forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.

Technical news

Miscellaneous

  • Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:19, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Holy inquisition listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Misplaced Pages:Holy inquisition. Since you had some involvement with the Misplaced Pages:Holy inquisition redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. – Train2104 (t • c) 21:53, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

Administrator changes

added Doug Bell • Dennis Brown • Clpo13 • ONUnicorn
removed ThaddeusB • Yandman • Bjarki S • OldakQuill • Shyam • Jondel • Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:40, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Unprotection of Denise Vasi

I don't think the above article needs an indefinite semi-protection given the time that has passed since the original protection (nor am I entirely sure "privacy issues" is a valid protection criterion). Would you mind either going to PC or unprotecting this article? --Izno (talk) 15:35, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

This matter has been brought to the attention of the current editors with oversight. I don't remember what the trouble was. User:Fred Bauder Talk 16:13, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
There is a note on the talk page that the subject has requested the article cover only her professional life. It was personal information that was oversighted, much (but not all) of which is in the current live version of the article. I'm not aware of any reason from an oversight perspective that would require continued semi-protection, merely continued vigilance. I've not unprotected it myself as I've not looked to see if there are any other reasons. I did happen to spot though that I nominated an earlier version of this article for speedy deletion (as A7) back in 2006! Thryduulf (talk) 20:22, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 22

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Books & Bytes
Issue 22, April-May 2017

  • New and expanded research accounts
  • Global branches update
  • Spotlight: OCLC Partnership
  • Bytes in brief

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Misplaced Pages Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:35, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on (2 RfCs, actually, one less than six months ago and another a year ago). The new RfC is at:

Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Allow private schools to be characterized as non-affiliated as well as religious, in infobox?

Specifically, it asks that "religion = none" be allowed in the infobox.

The first RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

The result of that RfC was "unambiguously in favour of omitting the parameter altogether for 'none' " and despite the RfC title, additionally found that "There's no obvious reason why this would not apply to historical or fictional characters, institutions etc.", and that nonreligions listed in the religion entry should be removed when found "in any article".

The second RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

The result of that RfC was that the "in all Misplaced Pages articles, without exception, nonreligions should not be listed in the Religion= parameter of the infobox.".

Note: I am informing everyone who commented on the above RfCs, whether they supported or opposed the final consensus. --Guy Macon (talk) 03:10, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

added Happyme22 • Dragons flight
removed Zad68

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Miscellaneous

  • A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
  • A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Misplaced Pages, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
  • Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Misplaced Pages – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Misplaced Pages has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

Administrator changes

added Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328
removed Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

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Books and Bytes - Issue 23

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Books & Bytes
Issue 23, June-July 2017

  • Library card
  • User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Spotlight: Combating misinformation, fake news, and censorship
  • Bytes in brief

Chinese, Arabic and Yoruba versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

Administrator changes

added Nakon • Scott
removed Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
  • Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
  • In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration

  • Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.
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Category:Native American allies of the United States has been nominated for discussion

Category:Native American allies of the United States, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:54, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to Admin confidence survey

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Beginning in September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-harassment tool team will be conducting a survey to gauge how well tools, training, and information exists to assist English Misplaced Pages administrators in recognizing and mitigating things like sockpuppetry, vandalism, and harassment.

The survey should only take 5 minutes, and your individual response will not be made public. This survey will be integral for our team to determine how to better support administrators.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

added Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem
removed Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

  • Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
  • A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
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Books and Bytes - Issue 24

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Books & Bytes
Issue 24, August-September 2017

  • User Group update
  • Global branches update
    • Star Coordinator Award - last quarter's star coordinator: User:Csisc
  • Wikimania Birds of a Feather session roundup
  • Spotlight: Wiki Loves Archives
  • Bytes in brief

Arabic, Kiswahili and Yoruba versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

Administrator changes

added Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
removed Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

Arbitration

Obituaries

  • The Misplaced Pages community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

Administrator changes

added Joe Roe
readded JzG
removed Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Misplaced Pages contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.
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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Fred Bauder. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages 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 site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 25

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Books & Bytes
Issue 25, October – November 2017

  • OAWiki & #1Lib1Ref
  • User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Spotlight: Research libraries and Wikimedia
  • Bytes in brief

Arabic, Korean and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017).

Administrator changes

added Muboshgu
readded Anetode • Laser brain • Worm That Turned
removed None

Bureaucrat changes

readded Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

Technical news

Arbitration

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Books and Bytes - Issue 26

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Books & Bytes
Issue 26, December – January 2018

  • #1Lib1Ref
  • User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Spotlight: What can we glean from OCLC’s experience with library staff learning Misplaced Pages?
  • Bytes in brief

Arabic and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed Blurpeace • Dana boomer • Deltabeignet • Denelson83 • Grandiose • Salvidrim! • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
  • Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Misplaced Pages, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news

  • A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018).

Administrator changes

added Lourdes†
removed AngelOfSadness • Bhadani • Chris 73 • Coren • Friday • Midom • Mike V
† Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news

  • The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
  • Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
  • A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
  • A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news

  • CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
  • The edit filter has a new feature contains_all that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous

Obituaries

  • Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Misplaced Pages in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2018).

Administrator changes

added 331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG
removed Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news

  • Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
  • Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
  • The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
  • The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous

  • A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.
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Books & Bytes - Issue 27

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Books & Bytes
Issue 27, February – March 2018

  • #1Lib1Ref
  • New collections
    • Alexander Street (expansion)
    • Cambridge University Press (expansion)
  • User Group
  • Global branches update
    • Wiki Indaba Misplaced Pages + Library Discussions
  • Spotlight: Using librarianship to create a more equitable internet: LGBTQ+ advocacy as a wiki-librarian
  • Bytes in brief

Arabic, Chinese and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed 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_any function 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.

Arbitration

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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Administrators' newsletter – June 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed Al Ameer son • AliveFreeHappy • Cenarium • Lupo • MichaelBillington

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Misplaced Pages in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. 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. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
  • There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
  • It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration

  • A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Misplaced Pages (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Misplaced Pages between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

Miscellaneous

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Books & Bytes – Issue 28

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Books & Bytes
Issue 28, April – May 2018

  • #1Bib1Ref
  • New partners
  • User Group update
  • Global branches update
    • Misplaced Pages Library global coordinators' meeting
  • Spotlight: What are the ten most cited sources on Misplaced Pages? Let's ask the data
  • Bytes in brief

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2018).

Administrator changes

added Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor
readded Gogo Dodo
removed Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD

Bureaucrat changes

removed Andrevan • EVula

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
  • A request for comment closed with a consensus that the {{promising draft}} template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

Technical news

  • Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Misplaced Pages. For more information, please review the FAQ.
  • Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Misplaced Pages. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon () in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates.
  • IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Misplaced Pages in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. 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. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.

Miscellaneous

  • Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
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Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Millfieldlogo.jpg

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018).

Administrator changes

added Sro23
readded KaisaL • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

  • After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news

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Nomination of Agricultural organization for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Agricultural organization is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Agricultural organization until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Rathfelder (talk) 14:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 29

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Books & Bytes
Issue 29, June – July 2018

Hindi, Italian and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz
renamed Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

added Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news

  • Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
  • Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
  • Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.
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Four types

Martin Gerlach, Beatrice Farb, William Revelle & Luís A. Nunes Amaral

Please use edit summaries

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018).

Administrator changes

added Justlettersandnumbers • L235
removed Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter

Interface administrator changes

added Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333

Oversight changes

removed Guerillero • NativeForeigner • Snowolf • Xeno

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Misplaced Pages and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
  • Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
  • The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
  • Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
  • Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.
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Merger discussion for Spot welding

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Books & Bytes, Issue 30

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Books & Bytes
Issue 30, August – Septmeber 2018

  • Library Card translation
  • Spotlight: 1Lib1Ref spreads to the Southern Hemisphere and beyond
  • Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Bytes in brief

French version of Books & Bytes is now available in meta!
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).

Administrator changes

added Sir Sputnik
readded Kudpung • Liz • Lourdes
removed Everyking • Jackmcbarn

Interface administrator changes

added Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes

added AGK • Ivanvector • Stwalkerster • TonyBallioni

Oversight changes

added Amorymeltzer • Oshwah • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
removed Keilana

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Misplaced Pages. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Misplaced Pages will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
  • A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
  • The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration

  • Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
  • The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-en@wikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.
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West Africa Ebola virus epidemic

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Well well

Standing again? Good for you, Fred. We could do with more calm old-timers on ArbCom. Guy (Help!) 13:01, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll do my best to not throw the fuel for the emergency pumps over the side... User:Fred Bauder Talk 13:05, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
"On 13 November 1955, Searcher was damaged by an engine room fire which burned for six and a half hours before being extinguished with the aid of two other ships." User:Fred Bauder Talk 13:16, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Don't spend hours

Thank you for two thoughtful responses to my arbcom question. I don't want you to spend hours, although being an arb often will require that. I also don't want to help too much ;) - It will take less than an hour to read what others said, last year. - Nice to meet you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Donald Trump (post-1932 politics of the United States) (discretionary sanctions notice)

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have recently shown interest in post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect: any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Misplaced Pages's policies, or any page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

I remain concerned about your editing of articles relating to Donald Trump, most recently Business career of Donald Trump . I do not believe that your editing in relation to this topic area meets Misplaced Pages's policies, in particular WP:NPOV or WP:BLP. This reflects a pattern of behaviour going back several years, including the following examples: 1, 2, 3. I am therefore formally notifying you that ArbCom discretionary sanctions apply to this topic area as it would be my intention to seek sanctions if you edit such pages inappropriately. I suspect you may have strong feelings in relation to Donald Trump, in which case it might be wise to voluntarily decide to avoid editing articles relating to him. WJBscribe (talk) 23:24, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying your issues. I was somewhat puzzled. User:Fred Bauder Talk 00:17, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
The edit complained of: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Business_career_of_Donald_Trump&type=revision&diff=862447829&oldid=860434740 is well-sourced and appropriate. User:Fred Bauder Talk 19:12, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
No, it is not appropriate. We do not make statements in Misplaced Pages's voice alleging criminal action based solely on a newspaper editorial "investigation" claim. At best, such an editorial would be a valid source only for content about the editorial itself, but even then there are legal, WP:BLP, and WP:UNDUE issues. Your obviously strong partisan feelings suggest, in my opinion, that it would be wise for you to steer clear of this subject area. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:58, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
The source is a detailed investigation, not an editorial. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html User:Fred Bauder Talk 09:14, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
That is still editorial material, and it's the newspaper's own (disputed) claims. It is not a suitable source for making statements in Misplaced Pages's own voice. Anyway, if you want to go ahead with that style of editing, my view is that you will end up being sanctioned. (And, for what it's worth and in case you think I'm expressing any political opinion myself, I am very much not a Trump supporter.) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:40, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
@Boing, that is most definitely not an editorial. Still because of the nature of the claims and because it's a single source, the material should be attributed ("According to a New York Times investigation...") ~Awilley (talk) 21:29, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Running

Are you running for Arbcom, Fred? The Rambling Man (talk) 09:42, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2018/Candidates/Fred_Bauder User:Fred Bauder Talk 13:52, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

ANI notice

Please see Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Fred Bauder.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:11, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Questions

People are allowed to ask you questions at your ArbCom question page and that is the place others will expect to find them. You do not own that page and you do not get to decide what is posted there and what is not. Please stop removing them or moving them elsewhere, or you will be at WP:ANI again. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:07, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion

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November 2018

Stop icon with clock
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring and disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:10, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Fred Bauder moving questions. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:18, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Stop icon with clock
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.   ‑ Iridescent 15:34, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Are you trying to get a permanent block, can you really not see how edit warring and unblocking yourself (as an am din) looks? At best you might get away with crucifixion if you apologize for this ... well I leave it at that.Slatersteven (talk) 16:33, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

You are also supported Fred, take it easy friend.

Govindaharihari (talk) 16:05, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Time to stand down

Clearly election to Arbcom is not in the cards at this time. I hope you will do your part to tamp down the kitchen fire by removing your name from consideration in the current election. best, --tim //// Carrite (talk) 17:46, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Is he still up for election?Slatersteven (talk) 11:01, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Yes, after my unblock, he has been reinstated. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
He's been reinstated as eligible by the election committee, given that he's no longer blocked and thus (formally) again "a user in good standing". Not being an admin is not formally a criterion against candidacy. But as far as I can see, he hasn't declared yet whether he wishes to uphold the candidacy himself. Personally, I'd certainly advise that he shouldn't. Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:06, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Arbcom case re. desysop

Fred, I have desysoped you following the multiple self-unblocks. These self-unblocks are really unacceptable to a point where I have done the desysop outside of an Arbcom motion. It's a Sunday and it's not clear when Arbcom would have passed a motion to do it themselves. Accordingly, I have filed an arbitration case.


You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Fred Bauder and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. As threaded discussion is not permitted on most arbitration pages, please ensure that you make all comments in your own section only. Additionally, the guide to arbitration and the Arbitration Committee's procedures may be of use.

Thanks, Maxim(talk) 19:23, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Request to contact the Arbitration Committee

Hi Fred. Please contact the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-en@wikimedia.org at your earliest convenience. Thank you. ~ Rob13 19:24, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Unblock

Hi Fred, just noting for the record that the community has rejected a motion to ban you, and the indeffing admin has stated that they would not object to an unblock at this point, should you wish to submit a request to be unblocked. So, as it stands now, we are simply awaiting your request to be unblocked, if and when you feel you are ready to return. I understand it may take some time, but I hope you will return soon. Sorry all this happened. Regards,  Swarm  talk  23:36, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

  • Hi Fred. It's good to see you're still around. I have another update for you: per the deliberations at WT:COORD18#Fred Bauder, the Electoral Commission has decided that you will still be permitted to run in the Arbcom election, pending only the unblock of your account. The Commission is still in the process of deciding upon the date that you can be unblocked by and still qualify to stand as a candidate, but this is good news for you. If you intend to stay in the election, I suggest you request an unblock ASAP. As I said, with the blocking admin unopposed, we will certainly grant an unblock request as soon as you indicate that you are ready to return. If you do not plan on running anymore, please make it known at your earliest convenience. I think you certainly still have a chance, but that's just me. Regards,  Swarm  talk  07:03, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Unblocked

Statement in arbitration case

https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Fred_Bauder

Maxim relied in good faith on an emergency request from an administrator. Any such request should be honored without requiring a through investigation. User:Fred Bauder Talk 23:38, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

I've put your statement on the case request page.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:48, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Fred, as I'm sure you've noticed, several Arbitrators have voted to deal with the case by motion, or to hold their votes to see if you want to proceed with a full case. The return of permissions section of the Arbitration procedures gives you the explicit right to request a full case to examine the situation surrounding the removal, if you want to do that. Your statement above looks like you don't want to do that, but I don't want to make assumptions. For clarity's sake, can I get you to confirm whether or not you want a full case to be opened? ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:25, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
Fred, you might not want to hear from me, but I just want to say that your statement above is gracious and deserves a nod of respect. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 07:03, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Generic message of support

Hey, Fred, I just heard about the brouhaha a few minutes ago. I just wanted to say I'm very glad to see that it appears to be blowing over -- you'd be a loss to the community for sure. Welcome back! (You know me as Snarglefoop in another reality -- or you did until I got too busy with real life and vanished from the world of Wikis again.) Salaw (talk) 00:35, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Official statement on Fred Bauder's standing as candidate

The electoral commission has discussed the issue of Fred Bauder's nomination and agrees that he is to appear on the voting ballot. After discussing the the definition of being in good standing, the committee has opted to consider good standing as "to not be subjects of an active block". Fred's block was lifted before the nomination period was closed, thus his nomination has been restored. Fred Bauder is also reminded that unless the questions outright attack or out users, questions cannot be moved or removed from the candidate's questions page.—CYBERPOWER (Around) 01:55, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Official statement on Fred Bauder's standing as candidate

The electoral commission has discussed the issue of Fred Bauder's nomination and agrees that he is to appear on the voting ballot. After discussing the the definition of being in good standing, the committee has opted to consider good standing as "to not be subjects of an active block". Fred's block was lifted before the nomination period was closed, thus his nomination has been restored. Fred Bauder is also reminded that unless the questions outright attack or out users, questions cannot be moved or removed from the candidate's questions page.—CYBERPOWER (Around) 01:57, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder

You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder/Evidence. Please add your evidence by November 27, 2018, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron11598 20:47, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Corona Wind Projects for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Corona Wind Projects is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Corona Wind Projects until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ∯WBG 18:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Fred Bauder. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages 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 site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Civility

I don't want anything to do with this, but this is not acceptable. Please comment on the issues, not the people. Ritchie333 17:27, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder/Workshop

Hello I'm Cameron11598 and I am a clerk for the arbitration committee. I recently removed some comments you made from Misplaced Pages talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder/Workshop. See Special:Diff/869848927. Please keep in mind that editors are expected to conduct themselves according in a decorum and with behavior expected by community standards. I am also required by our procedures to warn you that arbitration clerks are authorized by the arbitration policy and ArbCom precedent to sanction users for conduct on arbitration pages, including by blocks and topic bans from the case. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. --Cameron11598 19:46, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Jewbook for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jewbook is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Jewbook until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ∯WBG 14:17, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Ceepeecee, British Columbia for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ceepeecee, British Columbia is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Ceepeecee, British Columbia until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ∯WBG 14:50, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of False reality bubble for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article False reality bubble is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/False reality bubble until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ∯WBG 15:02, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Proxying for banned users

With this edit, you restored material originally posted by a banned user, which contains a number of rather blatant lies and personal attacks against several editors. Please note that under WP:PROXYING, you cannot restore postings of banned users unless you take full responsibility for them, i.e. unless you wish to be held personally accountable for the correctness and appropriateness of every word written, just as if you had originally written it yourself. To save you the embarrassment, I have re-removed the material for you. I recommend that if you choose to reinstate it again (which is your right), read very carefully through it beforehand, and be ready to justify yourself for every potential lie and every personal attack contained in it afterwards Fut.Perf. ☼ 20:17, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for answering all my questions to your regarding your ArbCom candidacy. I might have more. --David Tornheim (talk) 20:38, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

readded Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz
removed Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike

Interface administrator changes

removedDeryck Chan

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
  • A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
  • A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
  • A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Misplaced Pages. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
  • Misplaced Pages policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:36, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder closed

An arbitration case regarding Fred Bauder has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

  1. Fred Bauder is admonished for engaging in an edit war on his candidate's questions page. Future edit-warring or disruptive behavior may result in further sanctions.
  2. For multiple self-unblocks, wheel-warring, and abuse of rollback, Fred Bauder is desysopped. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
  3. Boing! said Zebedee is cautioned for blocking Fred Bauder while actively involved in an edit war with him at the time. He is further cautioned to avoid edit-warring, even in cases where the other editor is editing disruptively.
  4. Editors should seek assistance from the Electoral Commission for issues that arise on pages related to the Arbitration Committee Elections that cannot be easily resolved (excluding, for example, obvious vandalism). The Arbitration Committee reaffirms that the Electoral Commission has been tasked with the independent oversight of the Arbitration Committee Elections. Matters which are of a private matter should be referred to the Arbitration Committee or functionaries team as normal.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron11598 08:07, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Misplaced Pages talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder closed

Books & Bytes, Issue 31

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Books & Bytes
Issue 31, October – Novemeber 2018

  • OAWiki
  • Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Bytes in brief

French version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes

added Galobtter
readded Orangemike
removed BorgQueen • Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange

Bureaucrat changes

removed Addshore

CheckUser changes

added Joe Roe • SilkTork
removed Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

added AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork
removed Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news

  1. G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
  2. R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
  3. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.

Technical news

  • Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:
  1. At least 8 characters in length
  2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
  3. Different from their username
User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.
  • Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
  • {{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same 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.
  • Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:38, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).

Administrator changes

added Enterprisey • JJMC89
readded BorgQueen
removed Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes

removedEnterprisey

Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
  • Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
  • A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

  • A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Misplaced Pages:Requests for page protection is in progress (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.

Miscellaneous

  • Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
  • A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:15, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 32

The Misplaced Pages Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 32, January – February 2019

  • #1Lib1Ref
  • New and expanded partners
  • Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Bytes in brief

French version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Misplaced Pages Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Administrator changes

added Evad37
readded There'sNoTime
removed Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom

Interface administrator changes

added Evad37 • Galobtter
removed Ritchie333

CheckUser changes

added There'sNoTime
removed Keegan • Ks0stm

Oversight changes

added There'sNoTime
removed Ks0stm • Sphilbrick

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee announced 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).
    • paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
    • checkuser-en-wp@wikipedia.org 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.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).

Administrator changes

readded Reaper Eternal • ThaddeusB
removed Bogdangiusca • Christopher Parham • Necrothesp • Schneelocke • Siroxo • Sarah
renamed Mentifisto → Lofty abyss

Interface administrator changes

removed Mr. Stradivarius

Bureaucrat changes

added DeltaQuad
removed Kingturtle

Technical news

Arbitration

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 two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is 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 proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).

Administrator changes

added HickoryOughtShirt?4 • RexxS
readded Necrothesp
removed Bratsche • Kyle Barbour • Kzollman • Madman

Interface administrator changes

removed Pharos

Bureaucrat changes

added Primefac

CheckUser changes

readded Reaper Eternal

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • 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: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

  • In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, 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 will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
  • Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (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.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 33

The Misplaced Pages Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 33, March – April 2019

  • #1Lib1Ref
  • Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Bytes in brief

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Misplaced Pages Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:41, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).

Administrator changes

removed Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický

CheckUser changes

removed Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Misplaced Pages or any Wikimedia project.
  • An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
  • An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news

  • The CSD feature of 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 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.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).

Administrator changes

removed 28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam • Flyguy649 • Fram • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe
Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Bureaucrat changes

removed 28bytes • WJBscribe • Wizardman

Interface administrator changes

removed MSGJ • TheDJ

CheckUser changes

removed Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD

Oversight changes

removed Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD • GB fan

Guideline and policy news

  • In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.

Technical news

  • 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. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous

  • In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) 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 Misplaced Pages on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (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 open letter to the WMF Board.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:19, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Hey good job with Wikinfo

Please enjoy this user box as celebration of our achievements. User:Jimbo has one too.

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Books & Bytes Issue 34, May – June 2019

The Misplaced Pages Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 34, May – June 2019

  • Partnerships
  • #1Lib1Ref
  • Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Bytes in brief

French version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).

Administrator changes

added Johnuniq • Kosack • Valereee
readded Ad Orientem • Ched • Gadfium • Jonathunder • Nick • Yelyos
removed Bald Zebra • Beetstra • Doug Bell • Journalist • Ruud Koot • Splash • Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

removed Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes

removed RickinBaltimore

Oversight changes

readded Beeblebrox
removed RickinBaltimore

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to 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 talk page.
  • The 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 here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.

    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 removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:23, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019).

Administrator changes

added Bradv • Chetsford • Izno
readded Floquenbeam • Lectonar
removed DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes

removed Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

removed Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Technical news

  • Editors using the mobile website on Misplaced Pages can opt-in to new 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) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Help! (Off topic for Misplaced Pages)

Fred, as you know (since I see that you blocked him) we've been hit by a vandal over on Communpedia. He (or she) trashed a bunch of user message wall pages.

I can't for the life of me figure out how to revert an edit to a message wall page on Wikia! Do you have a secret sauce that will wash out the "This page has been nommed for speedy deletion" stains? The wall pages are pretty much unusable until that's fixed.

I'd leave this message on your wall over there but your message wall has been trashed as well, and I don't have an email address for you, so I'm putting this here ....

(I've been busy with other stuff and doing nothing in Wiki-land but I still watch out of the corner of my eye, so to speak.) 

-- Snarglefoop, aka:  Salaw (talk) 16:34, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
I have disabled the wall message feature and replaced it with talk pages. And deleted the spam. Sort of. Thank you. User:Fred Bauder Talk 16:48, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019

The Misplaced Pages Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 35, July – August 2019

  • Wikimania
  • We're building something great, but..
  • Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
  • A Wikibrarian's story
  • Bytes in brief

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Income level

I noticed you added the category "Locations in the United States with high income" to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The word "income" isn't mentioned once in that article, and Carmel-by-the-Sea isn't listed at List of highest-income ZIP Code Tabulation Areas in the United States, List of highest-income urban areas in the United States, or List of United States metropolitan areas by per capita income. What criteria are you using to add this category? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 09:58, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Carmel is notorious as a culturally elite community, I have modified the category a bit. I created this category based on the article in Town & Country (magazine) "The Western Land Rush: Today’s run on land out west is spreading not American power but five-star living dressed up as frontiersmanship. Welcome to the home of end-table antlers and Escalades." Might be a bit hard to access, I'm getting it though Apple News. If you can find a better way to phrase the category please do so, but it is for communities with elite populations. User:Fred Bauder Talk 12:38, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
I have also noticed this category on Newport, Rhode Island and I have the same issues with it as Magnolia677. Ading it to pages without any additional context may skirt the lines of WP:OR, and high income residents are not the entirety of Newport's population (even in the past when Newport was known for its wealthy residents). Newport is also not the Rhode Island city or town with the highest median annual income; To the contrary, this Boston Globe article from a few months ago puts it closer to the bottom if you sort the table in it by 2020 Median household income (dollars). This doesn't seem like a category that can be added to pages without some sort of sourcing and/or criteria similar to what is on the three pages Magnolia677 linked to, and might also be better served by those pages instead of a category. Doc StrangeLogbook 12:57, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
With respect to Carmel google per capita income carmel california Newport has lots of poor enlisted Navy, and a ton of history. What is the best way to phrase the category? User:Fred Bauder Talk 13:37, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
The census data in our article on Carmel seems to have the eye-popping income statistics omitted. User:Fred Bauder Talk 13:39, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

I have selected what I think is a better title: Category:Locations in the United States with elite populations and requested speedy deletion of prior title. User:Fred Bauder Talk 06:44, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

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Category:Contemporary issues

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wondering if you might help Citizendium look into its annoying session timeout problem

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I don't think I could be of any help, although I have seen this before. User:Fred Bauder Talk 17:07, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Illeana Douglas

You protected this page in July 2011 on BLP grounds, apparently due to a controversy about whether to identify the subject's grandparents and husband. Both are now identified in the article with sources. Do you believe continued protection of the talk page is warranted? 67.180.143.89 (talk) 23:03, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Huizhou University

You protected this page in March 2013, after deleting the prior history, due to persistent personal information disclosure and derogatory statements. Since the article itself was unprotected the following May and has remained so, the talk page should be unprotected also. 67.180.143.89 (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

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