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Please undelete the talk page

Hi Dodo. Would you please undelete Category talk:Wikipedians with red-linked categories on their user talk page‎. The talk page was being used for a purpose directly related to the RfC at Wikipedia_talk:User_categories#Request_for_comment_on_our_proposed_policy_for_users_remaining_in_redlinked_categories. Note that although the category page was deleted, the category if functional and well populated, and what to do about this is the core question of the RfC. This particular category is most definitely not populated by accident, and the membership need to be notified of the RfC seeking approval for action involving their userspace. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:04, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:38, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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

• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Misplaced Pages talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Misplaced Pages:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

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

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

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.

13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Want to become permanent editor on Misplaced Pages

hi dodo good day i want to become permanent editor on wikipedia will you guide me the ways to become permanent with wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.165.84.186 (talk) 09:18, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Then you need to stop spamming. But since all you have been doing is adding in SEO links, I see little chance for you to become a permanent editor on Misplaced Pages. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 19:51, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

If I may, i'm gonna chime in here, This is what you want to do to become a permanent editor on wikipedia, 1. Don't do what you did to get banned, 2. Special:Createaccount I'd recommend this but its not required if you want to be a permanent editor (Unless your IP changes or if its shared) and 3. Look for what you enjoy editing in and edit there but make sure to provide a reliable source to most of what you put here on wikipedia, and 4. I'd recommend signing your posts by using this but 4 times over, or clicking the button towards the bottom of the editing page, thats pretty much all you need to know about becoming a permanent editor. Have a great day!! Wikipediauser123456 (talk) 17:46, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

User:67.248.31.226

Hello, I would like to refer you to a possible vandal IP user, I have repeatedly notified this person to correct his bad behaviors, however he seems to continue with these behaviors and since i'm not one to warn about blocking, I figured you could help out, refer to his 67.248.31.226 about this. Thanks. Have a nice day! Wikipediauser123456 (talk) 22:12, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:50, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Replying to what you said on my talk page: He has not edited since the 3rd of february as of now, but I would now like to draw your attention to a new editor User talk:107.216.96.74, He is currently on his final warning and has continued to make troublesome contribs, I'm referring you because he may need to be blocked, his edits are normally random dating changes to TV articles, including

Protection on Template:Missing information

Is this template a "high-risk"? If not, can you lower the protection please? It's transcluded in 1,000+ pages. --George Ho (talk) 23:05, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:53, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Why delete tailored pain scale pages?

There are tailored pain scales being developed with the head of Northwestern University's Anesthesiology department to be specific for different types of pain. Why does this get marked as spam? DigHealthEprt (talk) 05:30, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:37, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

User:Parshwanathcorporation

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 08:10, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 02:40, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Message from Nathan Sapala

Hi Gogo, your difinition of describing my page Nathan Sapala Werep as "inappropriate pages" does not seem matured. I did not just create for pleasure. I have wasted my time and effort in creating that page. I even explained why it should not be deleted. You seen to be arrogent and hostile. I suppose, lets understand people and work to help people.

Just deleting something that someone has spend his time creating is doing INJUSTICE. With that I wish to ask if you could please undelete the pageI created and put it back.

Hope you would understand.

God bless.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathan Sapala (talk • contribs)

Replied on your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:28, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Gogo,

Thank you for the explanation.

Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathan Sapala (talk • contribs) 04:50, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Copyvio warning after speedy?

Hi Gogo, another NPPer hit Trust medical transportation with a G11 as I was looking up the company's website, and you canned it before I could modify the speedy to add a G12 since it was a straight copy of http://www.trustmtrans.com/about. I am unsure if it would be appropriate to warn for the copyvio since the page is already gone, and you've blocked them for WP:USERNAME. Wanted to ask you for guidance.  :) Thanks! JamesG5 (talk) 06:10, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:25, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your help on my user talk page. Apparently I really ruffled some feathers! WikiDan61_ReadMe!! 12:39, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Recreating the Koumine page

Earlier you deleted the Koumine WP page, for the A1 rapid deletion reason. There is good reason to reinstate this page, whatever its original content might have been.

Koumine, formula C₂₀H₂₂N₂O₂, is an indole alkaloid isolated from flowering plants of the genus Gelsemium, a plant native to the subtropical and tropical Americas, and southeast Asia. It has increasingly studied activity for potential anti-anxiolytic properties that derive from its ability, systemically, to induce muscle relaxation of varying intensity, resulting from its observed agonism of the mammalian glycine receptor, activation of which leads to an inhibitory postsynaptic potential in neurons following chloride ion influx. Despite potentially deleterious effects, recent pharmacological research has suggested that the biological activities of this compound may offer opportunities for developing treatments related to anxiety, cancer, and other conditions, with ongoing research including attempts to identify safer derivatives and analogs to make use of the compound's beneficial effects.

Koumine is an monoterpenoid type of indole alkaloid, and a close relative of the natural product gelsemine, which is also present from the same natural sources. The gelsemine class of alkaloids are some of a wide variety of the alkaloid and other natural products that have been isolated from this genus of plants.

As noted in recent review, koumine is found in, and can be isolated from, the subtropical to tropical flowering plant genus Gelsemium, family Loganiaceae, which as of 2014 included five species, where G. elegans Benth is native to China and East Asia, and G. sempervirens Ait., the type species, is native to the Americas. As these authors note:

Approximately 120 alkaloids have been isolated and identified from Gelsemium, with the predominant indole alkaloids including gelsemine, koumine…. Gelsemine is the principal active alkaloid in G. sempervirens Ait., and koumine and gelsemine are the most and second-most dominant alkaloids in G. elegans Benth. Gelsemium extract and its active alkaloids serve a variety of biological functions, including neurobiological, immunosuppressive and antitumor effects, and have traditionally been used to treat pain, neuralgia, anxiety, insomnia, asthma, respiratory ailments and cancers… In contrast to morphine, when administered intrathecally and systemically, koumine, gelsemine and gelsenicine have marked antinociception in inflammatory, neuropathic and bone cancer pains without inducing antinociceptive tolerance. Gelsemium and its active alkaloids may produce antinociception by activating the spinal α3 glycine/allopregnanolone pathway… support the clinical use of Gelsemium and suggest that its active alkaloids may be developed to treat intractable and other types of pain, preferably after chemical modification.

Koumine's biosynthesis, as of 1998, is thought to proceed from strictosidine (isovincoside), the common precursor for essentially all monoterpenoid indole alkaloids—itself deriving directly from tryptamine and mevalonic acid-derived secologanin. From strictosidine, the biosynthesis proceeds through four intermediates—including koumicine (akkuammidine), koumidine, vobasindiol, and anhydrovobasindiol, the final biosynthetic step thereafter involving anhydrovobasindiol oxidation and rearrangement. The related alkaloids gelsemine and gelsemicine also derive from this pathway .

1. ^ Liu, Z.-J. & Lu, R.-R. (1988). "Gelsemium Alkaloids". The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Pharmacology. The Alkaloids. Vol. Vol. 33. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. pp. 84–140, esp. 84f, 104–130, 132ff, and passim. ISBN 0080865577. Retrieved February 18, 2017. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. "The Active Alkaloids of Gelsemium elegans Benth. are Potent Anxiolytics". Psychopharmacology (Berl). 225 (4, February): 839–851. 2013. doi:10.1007/s00213-012-2867-x. Retrieved February 19, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
3. ^ Seigler, David S. (1998). "Indole Alkaloids". Plant Secondary Metabolism. Boston, MA: Kluwer/Springer. pp. 628–654, esp. 646ff. ISBN 0412019817. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
4. Drugs.com Staff (2009). "Gelsemium sempervirens". Drugs.com. Alphen aan den Rijn, NLD: Wolters Kluwer Health.
5. ^ "Gelsemium Analgesia and the Spinal Glycine Receptor/Allopregnanolone Pathway". Fitoterapia. 100 (C, November): 35–43. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2014.11.002. Retrieved February 18, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

This alone is surely enough material for a stub, and an infobox and other information can be quickly added—there are 36 more citations that I have only begun to explore, search "Koumine " at Pubmed. Can you reinstate the article, using this content, so that I can begin supporting the article? In doing so, can you place the original text somewhere (in Talk, or hidden in the main article space), so I can see it? You are better positioned, historically and technically, to make this change. I am a subject matter expert, much more than a technical expert at WP. Note, 4 of the 5 citations given above are secondary sources, so at present, the article is better sourced per WP:VERIFY than most alkaloid articles, and the tens of pages at these reviews devoted to this specific, unique molecule—recall, in chemistry, one moved bond or added atom makes a world of difference, in patents and in practice—as well as the 37 articles with this compound in the title or abstract make clear that it is sufficiently notable. It may replace its earlier studied relative, gelsemine, in practical importance, soon. Disclaimer, I do not publish in this area of natural products chemistry, but edit in it and all areas of the subject, as professional time permits. Cheers, Le Prof Leprof 7272 (talk) 11:42, 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

• A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
• AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
• Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
• The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.

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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Administrators' newsletter – April 2017

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

Administrator changes

TheDJ

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.

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Request to ban vandal accounts

Lsmithcoops (talk) 13:03, 14 April 2017 (UTC) Dear Sir/Madam, I noticed the following users 2001:630:212:de0:bd3f:5083:e9b9:6296

2001:630:212:de0:5952:fcd3:e4b3:3c14

2001:630:212:de0:4d27:c4cb:7ee1:72af

2001:630:212:de0:74f9:fa4c:9074:39f5

72.240.222.41

Lolzzz 666

have been repeatedly targeting and vandalizing one page "Ritam Chowdhury" I have reverted their edits earlier today before updating the page. However, they are incorporating sexual content/references and otherwise maligning the person about whom the page is. Further, they have stated in one edit that the person is a drug user.

I have reported them and also provided a notice to cease such activity. However, I am not sure how effective this will be. Please can you help?

Lsmithcoops (talk) 13:03, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2017

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

Administrator changes

Karanacs • Berean Hunter • GoldenRing • Dlohcierekim

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

• You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
• There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
• Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

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.

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I want to write about Ronjoy Brahma — Preceding unsigned comment added by Litte goyary (talk • contribs) 15:09, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2017

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

Administrator changes

Doug Bell • Dennis Brown • Clpo13 • ONUnicorn

ThaddeusB • Yandman • Bjarki S • OldakQuill • Shyam • Jondel • Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
• Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
• An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.

Technical news

• Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

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Orphaned non-free image File:OnMobile Logo.gif

Thanks for uploading File:OnMobile Logo.gif. 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) 17:51, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Ambivalent Love Addict

I created the term Ambivalent Love Addict and yet you will not give me credit for it. I submitted it before and you said I did not own the copyright. I proved that I did and you said it had to be protected legally. I did that and re-submitted it. Now you delete it breaking your promise to me. What is it that you dislike about the article. Is it original. It is copyright protected. I am the author. I own the copyright. It is instructional. I see so much garbage on your site but an article than can help people get deleted. Is it because I have submitted the article myself. I have 6000 members on the organization I founded (Love Addicts Anonymous) who would be happy to submit it for me. They say it saved their life to find out what their problem was. Please explain. Thank you. Susan Peabody — Preceding unsigned comment added by Susanpeabody (talk • contribs) 02:02, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2017

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

Administrator changes

Happyme22 • Dragons flight

Zad68

Guideline and policy news

• The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

Technical news

• Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
• A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

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

Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328

Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news

• Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
• A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
• An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news

• LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Misplaced Pages. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
• The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Oh Gogo Dodo we miss you so much. Drmies (talk) 02:58, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2017

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

Administrator changes

Nakon • Scott

Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

• ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Misplaced Pages talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
• Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

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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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017

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

Administrator changes

Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem

Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

• Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
• Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news

• You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

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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Administrators' newsletter – November 2017

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

Administrator changes

Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93

Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
• A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
• Following a request for comment, Ritchie333, Yunshui and Ymblanter will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

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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