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My real name is Larry Pieniazek and I like ](r) Brand building elements. Feel free to mail me with comments or concerns if you don't want to post. My real name is Larry Pieniazek and I like ](r) Brand building elements. Feel free to mail me with comments or concerns if you don't want to post. As a note, I rarely get involved in anything any more, I confine my activity at WMF projects to a little light editing here and there, so your email is most likely to get a response on your talk page that I got it and I'm not going to do anything about it.


* Here about a ] that's persistently getting vandalized and you want me to ] it? See ] and I or one of my ]s will get it. * Here about a ] that's persistently getting vandalized and you want me to ] it? Leave a note below, (] is no longer in use) and I or one of my ]s will get it.
* Here to leave me a message? Response time varies depending on where I'm active... Ping me if it's truly urgent, or find another admin. * Here to leave me a message? Response time varies depending on where I'm active... Ping me if it's truly urgent, or find another admin.
* Here about accountability? see my ] page. <br> <small>'''Note:''' The apparent listification of the category (it's back but may go away again) does not change my commitment to my recallability in any way</small> * Here about accountability? see my ] page. <br> <small>'''Note:''' The apparent listification of the category (it's back but may go away again) does not change my commitment to my recallability in any way</small>
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== Administrators' newsletter – January 2023 ==

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* The ] has ] with many changes to the ] procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed.

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*The arbitration case '']'' has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
*In December, the ] was adopted which replaces the ]. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial ]. There is ] of the changes and ] for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at ].
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== Administrators' newsletter – March 2023 ==

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* The proposed decision for the ] case is expected 7 March 2023.
* A case related to the ] is expected to be opened soon.

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* The 2023 appointees for the ] are ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] as regular members and ] as advisory members.
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* The ] has started, which ] a {{tq|roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing}}. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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== Administrators' newsletter – April 2023 ==

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* A ] is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving ] should be referred to the ].

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* Some older ]s will not be able to use ] on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of ]. ({{phab|T178356}})
* The ] has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
* A link to the user's ] page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on ]. This was voted #17 in the ].

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== Administrators' newsletter – May 2023 ==

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* Progress has started on the ]. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their ] that requested improvements be made to the tool.

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* The proposed decision in the ] case is expected 11 May 2023.

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== Administrators' newsletter – June 2023 ==

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* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

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* Following ], the ] has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to {{noping|Jimbo Wales}}.

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* Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the ] case and 9 July 2023 for the ] case.

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== Administrators' newsletter – August 2023 ==

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* ] is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing ]. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the ]. ({{phab|T337431}})

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* Following ], ] will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
* ] at ] about revision deletion and oversight for ] found that {{tq|ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment}}.

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* ] now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. ({{phab|T324166}})

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* The '']'' case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in ] have been reminded to be careful about forming {{tq|local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus}}. Regular closers of ] forums were also encouraged to {{tq|note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful}}.

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== Administrators' newsletter – November 2023 ==

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* The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to ]. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A ] until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
* There is ] for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal ].

] '''Arbitration'''
* Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand ].
* {{noping|Xaosflux}}, {{noping|RoySmith}} and {{noping|Cyberpower678}} have been appointed to the ] for the ]. {{noping|BusterD}} is the reserve commissioner.
* Following ], the contentious topic designation of ''Prem Rawat'' has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
* Following ], multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the ''Editor conduct in e-cigs articles'', ''Liancourt Rocks'', ''Longevity'', ''Medicine'', ''September 11 conspiracy theories'', and ''Shakespeare authorship question'' cases.
* Following ], remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the ''Macedonia 2'' case have been rescinded.
* Following ], remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the ''The Troubles'' case has been amended.
* An arbitration case named '']'' has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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* The ] is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in ]. ]
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* Following ], the ] has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
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* Following a ], the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were ].
* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed.

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* Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. ({{phab|T326065}})

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* Following a ], the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
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I have sent you an email regarding an issue I've come across. ] (]) 04:38, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
:Odd. Normally when I get these I'm all like "ya ya, I got it, why'd ya ping me, I check my mail compulsively" but not this time. Did you send it using the "email this user" function? Hasn't arrived yet. Thx. ++]: ]/] 04:44, 30 June 2009 (UTC)


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See ], from {{User|TruthPrevailsAgain}}. An obvious sock. ] 16:57, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
:Confirmed. I'll add it to the SPI report ++]: ]/] 17:28, 30 June 2009 (UTC)


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An ] usergroup was created some back in November 2008 so someone could shoot us a few pictures without waiting for autoconfirmed. Brion granted it to one person, ], who hasn't edited since then. I'd suggest removing it to keep the group tidy. Iff she returns to properly license the photos, we can undelete them and she'll have 10 edits and no longer need the userright anyway. I asked Brion but he declared talk page bankruptcy before noticing the thread =) –<font face="verdana" color="black">]</font>] 20:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
:You can ask him again, my understanding of ] is that it's a fresh start, not a prohibition on older topics. But it certainly sounds reasonable to remove this user from the group. As for the uploads, I reviewed them, one is very poor quality, one has been replaced by a much better image (with an attached permission pointer to OTRS) and one is one that might be good to have back if the permission can be sorted. I think. So anyway I've removed it for now. One of us should leave a note at Brion's page (that would be you I suggest) and one at Heather's (that would be me) ++]: ]/] 22:20, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
::Thanks! I dropped him a courtesy note. I'd guess he's not that concerned about how we structure our userrights over here, but for some reason only stewards can set the flag. cheers, –<font face="verdana" color="black">]</font>] 02:15, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
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:::I think Uploader would be a useful right to be able to grant for admins, just like Rollback, so perhaps a Bugzilla is in order, because having Stewards need to undo it makes it not very useful. ++]: ]/] 05:52, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
::::Agreed. See ]. –<font face="verdana" color="black">]</font>] 02:56, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
:::::I've spoken up there. And don't be afraid of Bugzilla! ++]: ]/] 03:12, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
::::::Not afraid, per se. More lazy. And also I bet someone more technically inclined could file a much more useful bugzilla, i.e. one that identifies the exact code lines needing changed, etc. –<font face="verdana" color="black">]</font>] 03:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Hmph! That's not me. (the "exact line of code" part, not the lazy part)... I have no idea where the code to change would be without doing the research... but... I'd just model the bug submission after one of the other ones for permissions changes. ++]: ]/] 03:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
::::::::You would just add uploaders to the sysop AddGroups, so: <code>$wgAddGroups = array( 'rollbacker', 'abusefilter'...., 'Uploaders' );</code>. ] <sup>]</sup> 03:29, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::Lazing pays off ''again!'' ++]: ]/] 03:33, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
::::::::::] –<font face="verdana" color="black">]</font>] 03:35, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::::Indeed. Plus I nicked ] so that's a win too. ++]: ]/] 03:41, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
&larr; Yes, I'm fond of that userbox =). Partly per your concerns about muddied waters, I split the discussion; see ]. You may wish to comment. –<font face="verdana" color="black">]</font>] 15:32, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
:I also overcame my ]: ]. –<font face="verdana" color="black">]</font>] 18:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
::Cool. It may have been a bit early, there are some dissenting voices yet, but ya. ++]: ]/] 19:37, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
:::Yea, I know these things take time to percolate through bugzilla so I figured I would give 'er a head start. –<font face="verdana" color="black">]</font>] 03:58, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


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::I didn't say he wasn't funny. Oh, and you are one of those two too, to be honest.(you know you are...) :) ++]: ]/] 05:38, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
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:* "home wiki", If the action is clear cut, there's not nearly the issue there was once. I routinely turn off admin/crat/CU/OV bits for users on en:wp, either because the request came into ] from ArbCom (where other stewards actually have said they prefer en:wp familiar stewards to do it) or because it was a private request to me... but ya, this is a bit more home wiki centric than those things...
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:* "no clear policy"... what we have is a precedent by Brion to do something. You could argue that either way, but ya...
:So anyway, thanks for turning up. I don't think there's really an issue here with the one removal I did, but it's good to talk through stuff, and I probably should strike the remark you were replying to. ++]: ]/] 21:17, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
:::No worries. Thanks for explaining. Though sure, the policies are being relaxed. I'm seeing this also just as a "watcher". - ] (]) 22:19, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


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== Administrators' newsletter – December 2024 ==
== Regarding Eric's statement ==


] from the past month (November 2024).
You restored the opening comment and removed the main thrust of his argument, leaving a vague statement which has no bearing on his actual concerns. While poorly phrased, that was essentially a "vote of no confidence" in two of the editors named. IMO, this is a very serious concern, "NO confidence" views have always been allowed in democratic discussions, and I suggest you approach Eric about rephrasing, and allow it to stand. Valid concerns about divisive editors is not the same as incivility or personal attacks, and you know it. ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 15:21, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
:I agree. I was torn here... I did not think that the initial reversion should stand, and yet the paragraphs I omitted, as written, were personal attacks. I believe it is possible to phrase the "vote of no confidence" in a way that does not violate our NPA policy and I have thought about the phrasing one would use to do so, but it's not my place to put words in Eric's mouth, so I didn't try. I've already sent Eric some urgings but will redouble my efforts. The thing that makes it messier now, of course, is that there are a couple of endorses there now which presumably would need to be removed once the new wording was put in place. I welcome suggestions on how to proceed. ++]: ]/] 16:37, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
::IMO, leave the statement with the endorses, but allow and encourage Eric to phrase his "no confidence" in a way which manages to voice his concerns without insulting anyone personally, and then let both stand. I cannot imagine anyone being such a childish PITA as to complain "Eric got two! How come I only get one!" and if they do, explain there were confusing edits and this is the best solution. It might help to add a parenthetical to the first or second view, such as (edited) or (as intended). Or even rename the one currently there as Another View, or something similar, with no name at all. Any of these are quite workable. One puppy's opinion. ]<small><sup>]</sup>]</small> 16:45, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
:::It looks like Eric's view is not going to be allowed to stand. He toned down his view and posted it but it was removed again... you may want to get further involved. ++]: ]/] 15:27, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


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:::Indeed... ... Left Xeno a message, and an encouragement to reply here. ++]: ]/] 14:51, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
:::: I saw ;) I'll check back tomorrow as I'm about to shut down for the day. Lots of progress on the portals on meta today. Cheers, ] 14:55, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
:::::Yes, I was going to start the new MFD about 7 days after the restoration. But it could be started now as well, I think Drew is done with the cleanup. –<font face="verdana" color="black">]</font>] 18:36, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
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Cool gadget!

You are not logged in, so you are not extended confirmed. Your account is extended confirmed.does not have the extended confirmed flag, but you are an administrator, so your account is extended confirmed by default.

It should show you, gentle user, whether you are an admin and whether you have the extended confirmed flag or not. ++Lar: t/c 17:56, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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I did. It was interesting. ++Lar: t/c 22:38, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

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This was a cover from 2005. I see the article The Week has been updated to use a much more recent cover. I have no issue whatever with deletion of this image, it served its purpose and has been obsoleted. ++Lar: t/c 22:36, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

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