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== New administrator activity requirement ==
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== excellent ==

still in existence despite what seems a global rendition of the mahabarata,

plague, war, pestilence, and stupidity in all corners. Trust your corner is still sufficient in things like safety, good sense and lack of drama. ] 02:59, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

:It's all good, sir! — ] ] 11:37, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

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Would you object to this page being un-semi-protected? --]<sup>]</sup> 02:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
:Ofcourse not. &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 11:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::. &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 11:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
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Hello. Could you kindly review the above-mentioned guideline and remove the image from your signature? Best wishes. &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 15:12, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for the note Sir Nicholas. Done. Cheers -- '']'' - <small>]</small> 17:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
::Lot of grammar-nazis on Misplaced Pages! What say? <tt> ^_^ </tt> &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 13:18, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
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Please do not delete sections of text or valid links from Misplaced Pages articles{{{{{subst|}}}#if:Barrington Hall|, as you did to ]}}. It is considered ]. If you would like to experiment, use the ]. Thank you. <!-- Template:Test2del (second level warning) --> See the discussion on the ] page - you are incorrectly interpreting ]. ''']''' <small>]</small> 15:54, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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:Kindly review ] and revert yourself. Also your warning, to a edit made in good faith came as unwarranted. &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 16:04, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
::Also, the YouTube links are not ] as any person with an internet connection can upload any kind of file over their website. Many of the vidoes uploaded are copyrighted by their respective owners and links to those should not be used on Misplaced Pages. &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 16:08, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Read the discussion on ] and ]. There is no consensus that it is against policy to link to YouTube videos which are not clearly infringing copyright. That particular video clip is claimed to be allowed to be posted on YouTube, and nobody has offered any evidence that the clip exists on YouTube in violation of copyright. Deletion of a link which does not knowingly violate copyright, which has been discussed at grat length on the talk page, is not a good-faith edit. Neither is wholesale removal of links to YouTube throughout Misplaced Pages. ''']''' <small>]</small> 16:24, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
::::What exactly are you talking about? We do not need consensus on ] for deciding if we need to keep YouTube video links on this website. Speaking of ], the guideline ] &ndash;
::::*''Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material or unverifiable research. See ].''
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::::Kindly get yourself familiar with Misplaced Pages's guidelines of ] and ] and revert yourself. Regards, &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 16:32, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::Have you even looked at the videos you delink? In the Barrington Hall case, the video is not some talking head talking about Barrington Hall, it's a video of the actual building; it is by its very nature, a reliable source. The restriction on personal websites, besides being controversial (see the WP:EL talk) is also a '''guideline''' to the potential reliability of a link. The guideline is titled "Links '''normally''' to be avoided". It does not read "Links '''always''' to be avoided". The guideline assumes (not entirely justifiably) that in the "normal" case, most personal web pages are not reliable sources, but it does not ban such links.


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:::::If you were removing video links after having examined them, and tagging them as copyright violations or irrelevant to the article, or such, you'd be doing useful work. But if you're just going through articles and automatically removing all YouTube links without checking them, you're vandalising Misplaced Pages. Please stop. ''']''' <small>]</small> 16:47, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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Hi Nick, I noticed you recently removed a YouTube link from the '']'' article. Most of the YouTube links were removed from this series of articles a while ago because they lacked copyright information, but the one you removed does have copyright information. It's at the end of the video and says "© Al Coritz 2006, Deadly Beautiful Zoological, LLC." Did you accidentally not notice this, or is this copyright information not good enough? If not, what's missing? --] 16:03, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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:YouTube links are not ] as any person with an internet connection can upload a file on their website. Moreover, many of these videos are copyrighted by their respective creators and links to those should not be used on Misplaced Pages, as this constitutes direct faciliation of copyright violations. Regards, &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 16:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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::So, now we're not allowed to link to anything at YouTube, period? Is that it? Please confirm, but if so, I find that rather harsh. After all, it's not likely that people like Mr. Coritz will be streaming such video material themselves any time soon, since the bandwidth requirements are obviously prohibitive. --] 16:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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::::That claim is utterly ridiculous. YouTube merely has to be authoriszed by the copyright holder to display the video for the link to be valid. Claiming that YouTube must '''own''' the copyrights for Misplaced Pages to even '''link''' to the video is far beyond anything required in ], ], or the DCMA. ''']''' <small>]</small> 17:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)


You are just not willing to cease your ]? Get over it. &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 17:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)


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..."disruption" is a ''grossly'' inappropriate term, and it is uncivil of you to even suggest that a good faith editorial opinion given on a talkpage is "disruptive." Reread the Wiki definition of disruptive, toute de suite.
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:Only if ''"the video's copyrights are exclusively owned by YouTube"''? That does indeed seem a bit exaggerated. Last month, ] removed some of my YouTube links and told me that ''" In order to be linked to YouTube, they need to have a source and copyright status. This could mean saying he made it and he owns the copyright to it, and then he can release it however he likes."'' Since Mr. Coritz has added this information to his latest video material at YouTube, I don't see that copyright is any longer an issue here. --] 22:46, 18 December 2006 (UTC)


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:::I just checked the link. No where on YouTube is it mentioned where it was sourced from, copyright information. If you are only providing the copyright information on Misplaced Pages, that is clearly not justifiable. The copyright information and the terms of usage should be specified on the site which you have sourced. &mdash; ]<span class="plainlinks"> </span> 09:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)


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::::Ongoing discussion? That would suggest that there is still disagreement on the issue, in which case it may be premature to go around deleting YouTube links from other people's articles. As for the link itself, as I said before, the required copyright information, which I only quoted, is stated clearly at the '''end''' of the video clip. --] 13:22, 19 December 2006 (UTC)


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:I've seen ], but from that it looks like I'm not the only one who disagrees with you. Therefore, you must forgive me if I choose not to ]. It is unreasonable to maintain that it is necessary for the creator of a video clip to sign their copyright over to YouTube before we can link to it. Mr. Coritz now clearly indicates in his video clips that he retains the copyright to his material, so it is no longer for us to assume that he did not voluntarily post his material on YouTube. Indeed, in this individual case we must assume the opposite is true unless we have specific reason not to. In other words, innocent until proven guilty, and not vice versa. --] 14:09, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
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...that is incorrect: all the admins are NOT agreeing with you. You do not have consensus AT ALL on any of the many discussions on policy pages--consensus is against you, in fact.
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:List the number of administrators agreeing with me and those who are not; and you are going to answer yourself. &mdash; ] 07:21, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
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You link to in your edit summaries, but I don't see anything like "Sites which fail to provide licensing information" in the criteria. Am I missing something? ] 16:20, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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Not complaining, since it appears to be Wik policy, but is there a proper way to link to a video clip? - ] 19:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
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That's sweet of you to suggest it, but after looking at the Werdnabot talk page, I think I'd rather not be a beta tester. I think I will archive monthly, however; I can put it in my computer scheduling program (Above and Beyond) which runs my life and damn well too. ] 01:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for your good faith.
Also thanks to Alex for his referance fom me.
I will under pressure of obligation to respect to this referanceand your good faith in my future edits.
I think this is my responsibility.
Please let me state some points;
My first/main mission is to organise/categorise/wikify/contribute Turkey related articles. Unfortunately there are not so much Turkish users in wiki. Of course there are much users which interested in these articles,but some (a group of) users ,put some misinformation, unsourced infos, strong anti-Turkish POVs to these articles. As a conclusion I defence these articles( I accept that some time in a aggressive way under stress).
In persianate case; of course Iranica can be accepted as a reliable source, but I have some suspicion for '''Iranica in Persianate'''. Like as Islam Encyclopidia for Muslim.
Just for my info;Can I restrict my self for 1RR (to protect myself for a period of time, to calm down), where can I find details in wiki.?
Thanks again.
Sincerely yours.
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...but I do not know how myself. It is incredibly frustrating when dealing with people who simply won't listen. I deal with a significant number of people who simply ignore the rules because they think they know better but so far have not (I believe) attacked anyone - which I think is pretty good as I'm now at ~5250 edits :).-]<sup>]</sup> 16:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


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Hello there, I was wondering if you would please modify your signature to conform to the guidelines laid out at ]. The general guidelines are that signatures shouldn't contain images, they shouldn't contain unnecessary internal links or ''any'' external links, and they shouldn't be unnecessarily long in Wiki source. The reasoning for this final bit is that overly long signatures tend to overwhelm the actual comments in edit mode, making it hard to track down and respond to specific comments. You can fix your signature by removing any images and external links, any unnecessary links (like links to Wikipedian organizations, articles, or subpages in userspace), and removing excessive color, font, and formatting code. Thank you. --] 17:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
:Ogiedogie &ndash; . &mdash; ] 17:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
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hi Nick - I don't want to get embroiled in the AP:EL border wars, but I did want to ask you about your removal from of the 2 you tube clips. They were not add-ons in an "external link" section, but actually integrated into, and illustrative of, points being made in the text. I stopped reading the EL talk page because I couldn't take it any more, but I recall there being some movement against wholesale removal of You Tube references just because they are You Tube. So are you sure that these 2 need to be removed? thanks ] 20:05, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
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:Please see ], ] and ]. YouTube links are either copyright infringements or not reliable. &mdash; ] 07:41, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
::''YouTube links are either copyright infringements or not reliable.'' Not necessarily so. ''Policies'' and ''guidelines'' can't exercise judgement, only editors can do that. So when you delete a link, you have to justify why the clip violates policies, not just brand YouTube as "bad." -- ]&nbsp;(<big><font color="darkred">]&nbsp;]&nbsp;]</font></big>) 19:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
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::::I think I have had more than my share of discussions on ]. I have cared to present all the evidence as to *why* those links should not be used &ndash; . There is a notification of an RfC filed on this issue. Please feel free to chime in. David, I think the users *have* exercised their judgment in framing the policies and guidelines. So, when you put in a link to YouTube, you need to justify how it *does not* violate copyrights and *why* it should not be removed. Regards, &mdash; ] 05:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
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The overwhelming consensus on policy pages is NOT a blanket You Tube ban--the overwhelming consensus is that there are some valid You Tube links, and therefore no blanekt ban is possible. You are grossly in error, and aware of it--you are, at this point, deliberately misrepresenting the truth. We call this lying, and it is evidence of bad faith. The current RFC is a user conduct RFC against you, and to the extent that anyone has even suggested it pertains to You Tube and policy it regards your disruptive behavior in refusing to honor the fact that there is no blanket You Tube ban. See EL, ANI, etc.
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It's all good, sir! — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 11:37, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

Administrator changes

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Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Technical news

  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Technical news

  • user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
  • An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

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  • The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
  • Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

  • You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
  • Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
  • An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news

  • The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Misplaced Pages has been released.
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Arbitration

  • An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

Administrator changes

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Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday!

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MfD nomination of User:JRSpriggs

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Administrator changes

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  • The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Misplaced Pages.

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  • Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
  • Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Hi Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! CAPTAIN RAJU 23:38, 4 March 2023 (UTC) 		Party popper emoji

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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Administrator changes

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

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Administrator changes

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Oversighter changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
  • As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news

  • Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Misplaced Pages until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland 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.

Miscellaneous

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

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Administrator changes

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Arbitration

  • Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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readded Bradv

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
  • A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that 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.

Technical news

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

  • Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

Administrator changes

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readded Tamzin
removed Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

added Pppery
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Technical news

Arbitration

  • Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
  • Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
  • Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
  • Following several motions, 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 a motion, 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 a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
  • An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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  • An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

  • Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
  • Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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  • The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Hi Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 01:58, 4 March 2024 (UTC) 		Party popper emoji
Thank you! — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 09:51, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

RUPP and Misplaced Pages

Hello, I educate researchers in how to use Misplaced Pages for science outreach. I also have research collaboration with RUPP and have as a long-term plan to engage researchers and students at RUPP to help develop kmwp as a part of their education. Since I saw your picture File:Department of Media and Communications, Royal University of Phnom Penh - Misplaced Pages Workshop 25 May 2018.jpg - Wikimedia Commons I wonder what experiences you have and if this is something you can share. Perhaps easier per email? Olle Terenius (UU) (talk) 08:36, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Sure, just send me an email. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 10:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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  • The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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  • Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Misplaced Pages. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to insufficient activity

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Technical news

  • Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to insufficient activity

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday!

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Suspension of administrative permissions due to insufficient activity

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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  • Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

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Reminder to participate in Misplaced Pages research

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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