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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).
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Technical news
user_global_editcountis a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.
Miscellaneous
- The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 51
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Books & Bytes
Issue 51, May – June 2022
- New library partners
- SAGE Journals
- Elsevier ScienceDirect
- University of Chicago Press
- Information Processing Society of Japan
- Feedback requested on this newsletter
- 1Lib1Ref May 2022
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Misplaced Pages Library team --16:45, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).
Administrator changes
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.
Technical news
- 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.
- Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:45, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
Nomination of Desktop Linux Summit for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Desktop Linux Summit 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/Desktop Linux Summit 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 until the discussion has finished.
Yaron K. (talk) 15:05, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).
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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.
- The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.
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).
- The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.
Miscellaneous
- The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
- Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:13, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 52
The Misplaced Pages Library
Books & Bytes
Issue 52, July – August 2022
- New instant-access collections:
- SpringerLink and Springer Nature
- Project MUSE
- Taylor & Francis
- ASHA
- Loeb
- Feedback requested on this newsletter
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Misplaced Pages Library team --12:21, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
- Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
- Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.
Technical news
- The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.
Arbitration
- Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
- A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
- The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.
Miscellaneous
- An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
- You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
- An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
- Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:43, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
Your e-mail
Sorry to be slow in responding. I've been out of contact the past 36 hours but I'm back now and will try and figure it out ASAP. Deb (talk) 15:43, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
- Oh, no problem. After this long, it's hardly a pressing issue. Thanks! SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:05, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
- Made a few changes to wording, but this isn't really my area of expertise. Deb (talk) 16:08, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Anfernee01
I was going to block them as NOTHERE for but I guess I'll wait to see if they do it again. Given their talk page comments I think they will, they seem to be here with an agenda. Doug Weller talk 13:43, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
- I agree. We'll see what happens tomorrow, I guess. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:22, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
- Look at their more recent posts. "Hehehe I will keep doing it :) You are the problem. Anfernee01 (talk) 3:37 pm, Today (UTC+1)" in reply to me warning them against doing it again. And "It seems English is not your first language, so I will make this easy for your small mind... perma-ban me. I would rather be completely blocked than be associated with you incel moderators. Enjoy! Anfernee01 (talk) 4:33 pm, Today (UTC+1)" And in reply to you "It was there multiple times. You banned me though so I refuse to further support this hive-mind group of incels. Amazing how adjusting era styles bothers these incel moderators at wikipedia so much. What a great open source platform. There is definitely no corruption that goes on here. Good faith actors run this. Anfernee01 (talk) 4:00 pm, Today (UTC+1)"
- SlaterSteven thinks a range block is needed also, not sure why. Doug Weller talk 16:30, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, I saw those posts, thanks. I'm sure someone will take care of things in a timely manner. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:31, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello
G'day, I have some concern about my report, which you had to clerk a bit (I removed those refs if you can recall and you reverted), but now I had curious situation where editor came from our lively dispute at AfD to lodge what is practically a request for boomerang because I incompetently filed a report in, as they alleging, wrong venue (they made few other claims against me, incompetence in handling the sources, etc. without properly substantiating them, but those aren't important for now). Now, although I was a little bit reluctant about the main AN, my report was actually moved there on another editor's advice and communication from this AN/OR report, but maybe most importantly you seemed OK with it being filed there when you clerked those removed refs back. Have I really made such a terrible mistake by choosing that venue? Thank you in advance. ౪ Santa ౪ 14:43, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 31 October 2022
- From the team: A new goose on the roost
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