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Adoption
Hi Swarm. I have asked you 4.5 years ago if you could adopt me, and you graciously answered with "Yeah, I'd be happy to adopt you!" I doubt that you would remember me because I deliberately did not do editing for years to gain back my peace of mind and confidence from users such as Howard the duck that are seemingly micromanaging my edits and rejecting them. Can you please guide me on how proper editing works? or maybe I can do it on another platform aside from Misplaced Pages that I'm not aware of. I wanted to create and edit sports wikis again, but I'm somehow bummed that most of my updates are candidates for deletion and reverting back to the previous version. I apologize that I was out for a long time. Thank you in advance! elivic (talk) elivic (talk) 12:01, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
- The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
- There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.
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naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.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.
Miscellaneous
- The Articles for Creation backlog drive 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 the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
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Happy Adminship Anniversary!
| Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Swarm! 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) 14:03, 19 November 2023 (UTC) |  |
- That time already?! Congratulations, Swarm! --TheSandDoctor 19:09, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
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Editor experience invitation
Hi Swarm :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 10:23, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction 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.
- The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
- Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter
 Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles. Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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I appreciate your insights and find them most valuable, though I do wish we talked more often. From my family to yours: Merry Christmas, Swarm! I hope that you are able to spend quality time with loved ones and recharge during this holiday season. TheSandDoctor 07:50, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Adoption
@Swarm can you adopt me and become my mentor? I want to learn how to stop vandalism and other things related to Misplaced Pages. VirusSir (talk) 18:56, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Arbitration
- Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
- The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
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Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report
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Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights:
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
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tone at ANI
As Kazakhstan is a large country with 4 different geographical timezones, I find "uncontentious fact" a bit broad. Also, the above argument leads with recent changes to that fact, and argues that sourcing in a different article should be sufficient. ~ While I grant that the edit is definitely correct and may stand as patently obvious material, that wasn't that obvious.
Anyway, did you feel that my adopted tone was categorically wrong to use on ANI? I'd take guidance on that. (I don't feel this follow-up would be appropriate anyhow, so that's why it's on your talk page.) JackTheSecond (talk) 04:16, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- No, I don’t think there was a problem with your tone, your point just missed the mark. “Uncontentious fact” is by its nature not a matter of debate, it is simply when an obvious reality unquestionably satisfies WP:V in a way that does not need to be vetted or discussed. The specifics of the sourcing or lack thereof is an afterthought in these cases because there is no realistic verifiability dispute and no significant urgent need for sourcing to be provided. The nitpicking about sourcing is simply not a particularly serious issue, not subjectively, but objectively, because the facts of the reality are not in dispute to begin with, and Misplaced Pages cares about accurate factual content above obsolete, outdated, inaccurately-sourced content. In this situation, process for the sake of process to maintain incorrect content when there is no logical reason to impede the reasonable and uncontentious updating of factual information is unproductive per WP:NOTBUREAU. There needs to be an actual substantive logical disagreement in order to challenge WP:BOLD edits and simply saying “source needed” without any actual thought is a form of disruptive editing under WP:COMMUNICATE, WP:TE and WP:STABLE. As I said, a reversion simply needs to have a real reason and not just be thoughtless, effortless stonewalling that doesn’t WP:AGF. An uncontentious, verifiable, bold edit is inherently endorsed by default as a matter of policy, and impeding such an edit without a valid reason is not legitimate at best, and blockable disruptive editing at worst. ~Swarm~ 05:02, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
Review autopatrol: Joseph2302
You re-granted Autopatrol, "trusting that the user will not repeat their past mistakes". However, a repeat is clearly underway. I G10 tagged Ben Brown (traitor) + London transport scam, and noticed the additional immature redirect creations in the past weeks: Quinton de Penis (RfD'd), Jamie Olive Oil, Ollie Poope, Communist plot football, COVID's Mum, and the racist Weejio. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 04:11, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- Another admin has taken care of the right. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 04:49, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Technical news
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
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Happy Birthday!
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
Miscellaneous
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
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Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here. Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive. Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. |
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