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Happy First Edit Day!
 | Happy First Edit Day! Hi SarekOfVulcan! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:33, 29 March 2024 (UTC) |  |
Invitation to join the Twenty Year Society
Dear SarekOfVulcan,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Twenty Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Misplaced Pages project for twenty years or more.
Best regards, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:35, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
— The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:35, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Misplaced Pages.
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Books & Bytes – Issue 62
The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024
- IEEE and Haaretz now available
- Let's Connect Clinics about The Misplaced Pages Library
- Spotlight and Misplaced Pages Library tips
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Misplaced Pages Library team --11:03, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
CheckUser changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- 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
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:24, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Your recent RfA !vote
... has messed up the numbering of the !votes. I could easily fix it myself; but tampering with another editor's !vote seems a bad idea. Maproom (talk) 13:44, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know, but someone else already fixed it, and I'm fine with that. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:48, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
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
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:59, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 63
The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 63, May – June 2024
- One new partner
- 1Lib1Ref
- Spotlight: References check
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AfD wikietiquette query
I haven't participated much in AfDs yet, but does 'per above' usually mean the comment directly above mine, or all the comments above? Probably a stupid question, but your comment on Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Vivian Jenna Wilson was the polar opposite of mine and I didn't want it to seem like I was supporting the redirect with your opposing rationale, so I changed the wording. Svampesky (talk) 22:41, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- It means what you want it to mean. :) I think it would have been clear enough, but "per others" is clearer. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 22:44, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! Svampesky (talk) 23:02, 30 July 2024 (UTC)