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GAN Backlog Drive – January 2022 edit

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022 edit

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

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  • Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.

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Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup! edit

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup! edit

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:01, 5 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

New message from Jo-Jo Eumerus edit

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, January 2022 edit

 
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022 edit

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

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  • The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022 edit

 
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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter edit

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  •   Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
  •   AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
  •   Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
  •   GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
  •   Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
  •   SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
  •   Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:06, 3 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, March 2022 edit

 
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Missed edit

Hi, I don’t know if you remember me but you and I were very good collaborators some years ago. Just wanted to drop by to say that I miss your presence here and hope to see your return soon. :) FrB.TG (talk) 20:41, 31 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – April 2022 edit

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

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  • Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
  • When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

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New administrator activity requirement edit

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

  1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
  2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, April 2022 edit

 
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WikiCup 2022 May newsletter edit

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  1.   Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
  2.   AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
  3.   Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
  4.   Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
  5.   Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
  6.   Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
  7.   Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022 edit

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

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June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive edit

Good article nominations | June 2022 Backlog Drive
 
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The Bugle: Issue CXCIII, May 2022 edit

 
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022 edit

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

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  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
  • The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

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The Bugle: Issue CXCIV, June 2022 edit

 
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WikiCup 2022 July newsletter edit

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  •   BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
  •   Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
  •   Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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Hi edit

Just checking in as I haven't heard from you in a while. Volcanoguy 04:36, 4 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Anyway, I want to let you know that I'm currently in the process of rewriting the Mount Garibaldi article for FA. It will be the first time at FAC since the time you nominated it in 2006. Volcanoguy 03:53, 26 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Volcanoguy: Sorry for the delayed reply. Real life is busy right now. Hoping to come back and resume activity relatively soon - hoping all is well with you and good luck with the FAC. Article looks to be in great shape. ceranthor 17:30, 22 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – July 2022 edit

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

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  • 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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The Bugle: Issue CXCVI, July 2022 edit

 
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022 edit

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.

  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)

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

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  • 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.

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GA Mentor? edit

Hi! I just volunteered to review an article nominated for GA status. This is my first time conducting a GA review, and I saw you on a list of GA review mentors. Are you willing to help me with some questions about the review process? My first questions (before I get into a detailed review of the article) are stylistic. For one thing, the article contains many redundant links. Should I ask that these be removed? I have an impression that the Wikipedia's style guidelines are that each link should appear a single time in an article. My other question has to do with tightening up the wording of the article. However, the article appears to be written in "Indian English" as opposed to "American English" which I'm more accustomed to. So, is it reasonable to ask the nominator to tighten up the wording, given that this could just be the difference between the two styles of English? As examples, I edited the introductory section of the article myself to tighten the wording. The article in question is Galconda diamonds. Many thanks in advance on the guidance on this. Nolabob (talk) 21:19, 13 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Nolabob: Hi, Nolabob! I think I would recommend seeking out another GA review mentor who's more active. I'm hoping to become more active sometime in the next few months, but for now sadly I don't have the time to thoughtfully advise you. Hope we can work together at some point in the future! Sorry I can't help at this time, ceranthor 17:26, 22 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
No problem. Thanks for the response. I've actually been making progress on my first GA review, by just carefully plodding along. Nolabob (talk) 18:01, 22 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue CXCVII, August 2022 edit

 
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022 edit

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

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  • 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.

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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).
  • The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

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  • 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.

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WikiCup 2022 September newsletter edit

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter edit

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:43, 3 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Happy Birthday! edit

 
Wishing Ceranthor a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   Chris Troutman (talk) 19:08, 13 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue CXCVIII, September 2022 edit

 
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022 edit

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

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  • 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.

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October 2022 edit

From your current listing at FAC mentors, you are listed for possible interest for biography articles. For the past several months, I've been editing the president's article for James Madison, and thought to ask you if this would be of sufficient interest for you to look at. After my successful GAN promotion for it, there are now another two positive peer reviews as well. Any interest for you to possibly be a co-nominator or mentor for a FAC nomination for this biography article? ErnestKrause (talk) 14:38, 18 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

@ErnestKrause: Sorry for the delayed response. I'm not terribly active these days, and I also don't have much experience working in presidential biographies. Luckily, there are quite a few FAs on US Presidents - if you haven't already, I'd reach out to Wasted Time R, Display name 99, or Wehwalt. Let me know if I can be of further help! ceranthor 01:46, 22 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
I'm semi-retired as a result of a recent controversy, but I would review the article if ErnestKrause were to request it. Display name 99 (talk) 16:34, 22 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
That's a kind offer from Display name, and Wasted Time has stated that a co-nomination is not possible for him due to general inactivity for over a year. Previously, when I asked Wehwalt to mentor on this, it looked like a pass for him. Can a co-nominator be found for such a prominent president? ErnestKrause (talk) 00:20, 23 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
I won't co-nominate for two reasons. One is because I am no longer a very active contributor to Wikipedia because it seems to me that my contributions are not wanted. The second is because, despite knowing a thing or two about early American history, I am not familiar enough with Madison to make major contributions to the article. I know the basic facts of his life from reading books about the time period, including several biographies of other Founding Fathers. (I have fully read one biography of Washington, one biography of Hamilton, and two biographies of John Adams.) But I have never read a biography of Madison. That's why I'm hesitant to make major revisions to the article. But I can look at what's there and offer suggestions. If you want me to, I will. Display name 99 (talk) 03:21, 23 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
Regarding the literature on Madison, then the Noah Feldman biography about him is about half the size of the Chernow biography about Washington, and also half the size of the Chernow biography about Hamilton. If you are an avid reader then Feldman's book is a good read. Any comments would be nice to hear especially if your local public library has access to the Feldman biography; the Wikipedia article will still need a co-nominator given the large attention usually given by reviewers to prominent president articles. ErnestKrause (talk) 13:24, 23 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
Hi Ceranthor, on a similar theme, I'm looking for a FAC mentor for another biographical article that recently got through a successful GAN promotion - Natalie Portman. Is that something you'd be able to help with, or suggest someone who could? I've never submitted anything to be a FAC before, and I've had no responses to the peer review so far. Thanks. -Kj cheetham (talk) 12:32, 26 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Kj cheetham: Similar to above, stretched too thin in real life for now, but I'd suggest reaching out to Krimuk2.0 or FrB.TG. Also suggest posting to relevant WikiProjects like WikiProject Actors or WikiProject Film to see if you can find interested reviewers for the PR. Good luck with the article! ceranthor 20:25, 27 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Ceranthor: Completely understandable, thank you for the pointers though! -Kj cheetham (talk) 20:56, 27 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Ceranthor, I've finally submitted the James Madison article for FAC and after your helpful comments above, I thought to ask if you might offer some support/oppose comments at the FAC? ErnestKrause (talk) 23:13, 7 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

@ErnestKrause: Happy to look it over and give feedback! ceranthor 15:18, 8 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for that and for referring me to User:Wasted Time above for his help on the James Madison article. The other editor you mentioned User:Display name 99 appears very different and seems to be upset about him being page blocked by El C on the Andrew Jackson article for misconduct and edit quarrels. User:Display name 99 has now moved his edit quarrels to the James Madison Talk page and the FAC nomination page in progress for James Madison at this time. His edit conduct has been significantly upsetting to the co-nominator at FAC that he (Mike) has decided to withdraw from further participation at FAC. Should User:Display be allowed to carry over his poor editing at the Andrew Jackson article to now disrupt the progress being made for the James Madison article currently at FAC. Could you look at this? ErnestKrause (talk) 15:53, 13 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
@ErnestKrause: I am sorry you are experiencing that; seems like a lot of negative energy. The FAC delegates are reasonable and will look past any opposes that are based on personal disagreements, so if you are concerned this behavior will continue I would encourage you to reach out to them by pinging them on the FAC page. I will try to look over the article asap! ceranthor 18:06, 13 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Help Editing Earthquakes edit

Hi there! I was hoping to enlist some help to update the Earthquakes wiki. There is a request posted for cleanup which it really needs. Hope you or some other Earthquakes WikiProject members could help. EricFishers11 (talk) 03:02, 23 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

@EricFishers11: While I'd like to help, that seems like a herculean task, one I'm not currently able to help with substantially. I can help here and there, but the article needs a lot of work to revamp it. Sorry for the delay in responding! ceranthor 14:01, 9 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

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WikiCup 2022 November newsletter edit

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

  •   Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
  •   Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
  •   BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
  •   Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
  •   Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
  •   Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
  •   PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
  •   Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

  •   Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
  •   Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
  •   Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
  •   Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
  •   Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
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  •   Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
  •   Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
  •   Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
  •   Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

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Oh hi Meldshal! edit

Yeah. It's been a while. Kinda stepped back after getting burned but now back to defend my FAs from demotion. Nice to see you still keeping on :) Thanks for the good wishes. Serendipodous 16:14, 29 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Serendipodous: Glad to hear from you! Let me know if I can help out at all. ceranthor 16:30, 29 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
Right now I've done all I can on Sedna's FAR. Everything hinges on the whole is it a dwarf planet or not debate, which I have have been too heavily burnt over to deal with. Serendipodous 16:37, 29 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Promotion of Boring Lava Field edit

Congratulations, Ceranthor! The article you nominated, Boring Lava Field, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup! edit

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FAC? edit

Hi Ceranthor, hope you are well. Back in November, you very kindly reviewed my previous Gillingham F.C. season article FAC. I was wondering if you might have any spare time to review my current one? Not to worry if not, have a great day! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:13, 11 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

@ChrisTheDude: Sure thing. Should have some time today. ceranthor 14:04, 13 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Black Crater edit

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Your GA nomination of Black Crater edit

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Your GA nomination of Black Crater edit

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The Bugle: Issue 202, February 2023 edit

 
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Always precious edit

 

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much for the kind words, Gerda. You are precious too! ceranthor 14:11, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! And today also for Boring Lava Field, introduced: "This is part of a series of articles I've been working on over the past decade off-and-on related to the Cascades Volcanoes." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:21, 1 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

In appreciation edit

  The Reviewers Award
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of the thorough, detailed and actionable reviews you have carried out at FAC. This work is very much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:58, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, Gog - that's very kind and much appreciated! ceranthor 23:01, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

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WikiCup 2023 March newsletter edit

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  •   Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
  •   Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
  •   FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
  •   TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
  •   Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included   LunaEatsTuna,   Thebiguglyalien,   Sammi Brie,   Trainsandotherthings,   Lee Vilenski,   Juxlos,   Unexpectedlydian,   SounderBruce,   Kosack,   BennyOnTheLoose and   PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Boring Lava Field scheduled for TFA edit

This is to let you know that the Boring Lava Field article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 1, 2023. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page blurb, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 1, 2023, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. If you wish to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/April 2023.

I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:46, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue 203, March 2023 edit

 
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Checking in with you on changing a citation style edit

Hello! I am in the process of changing all the references in Calabozos to SFNs in templates, and I wanted to run it by you first to make sure you don't object, as you were mentioned on talk. Thanks!   BhamBoi (talk) 18:35, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Replied there. ceranthor 19:09, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for your informative remarks. BhamBoi (talk) 19:28, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

April 2023 edit

I've gone ahead with the re-nomination of the James Madison article. There is a rewritten Slavery section now and it would be nice to hear your support/oppose comments. Possibly you could revisit the review which you had started 2 months ago if time allows. ErnestKrause (talk) 14:43, 4 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

@ErnestKrause: Hi! I've left a few comments about the slavery section. ceranthor 21:19, 4 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for looking at those; I'm thinking that Cmguy already addressed them fairly consistently and he's ready for more comments when they are available. ErnestKrause (talk) 14:51, 5 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
@ErnestKrause: Sorry, real life is insanely busy - but congrats on the FA promotion! ceranthor 03:18, 11 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

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The Bugle: Issue 204, April 2023 edit

 
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Nomination of Robin Drysdale for deletion edit

 
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Your GA nomination of Twin Buttes (California) edit

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Your GA nomination of Twin Buttes (California) edit

The article Twin Buttes (California) you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Twin Buttes (California) for comments about the article, and Talk:Twin Buttes (California)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mertbiol -- Mertbiol (talk) 12:43, 23 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, Mertbiol! ceranthor 23:01, 23 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

WikiCup 2023 May newsletter edit

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

Other notable performances were put in by   Sammi Brie,   Thebiguglyalien,   MyCatIsAChonk,   PCN02WPS, and   AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023 edit

 
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A review edit

Greetings! I noticed you have performed some reviews at FAC recently and I wanted to ask if I could interest you in reviewing a Meghan Trainor album I have nominated recently.--NØ 09:22, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

@MaranoFan: I'll try to get to it over the weekend. ceranthor 17:45, 1 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

FAC Affine symmetric group? edit

Hi Ceranthor, I don't believe we've ever interacted before; I'm reaching out because you are one of the few editors listed at WP:FAM who ever edits mathematics articles. Some time ago, I wrote the article Affine symmetric group (a topic typically not encountered outside of the context of post-graduate study in combinatorics), and managed to get it promoted to GA. If you have the time, I would be interested in your assessment of whether it is a plausible candidate for FA. (I am also asking Iry-Hor.) Thanks, JBL (talk) 21:03, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

@JayBeeEll: I might be able to get to it in the next week or two. Real life is very busy right now, so please have patience with me! thanks, ceranthor 17:45, 1 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for your response. Absolutely, there is no obligation and certainly no rush. (I mean, the article has essentially not been touched since February 2022, to give a sense of just how non-urgent this is :).) Would it be all right if I set a calendar reminder for myself to check back with you some time in July, if I don't hear from you before then? (And really please believe me that "no I'm just too busy for this" is a perfectly reasonable answer.) --JBL (talk) 18:55, 1 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
Hi Ceranthor,
I wanted to let you know that I've officially nominated the article for FA. If you get a chance to comment there, that would be lovely -- but of course no obligation.
All the best,
JBL (talk) 18:27, 30 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
It seems that the window for commenting has narrowed to a few days. --JBL (talk) 23:03, 23 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

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The Bugle: Issue 206, June 2023 edit

 
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Asking for saving a content that was deleted and which I would like to use for a draft submission for the article of "Post Bellum" in English edit

Dear Ceranthor,

After few modifications of the Wikipedia article of the page Post Bellum in English language, user Skywatcher68 deleted some of my paragraphs because that could have been considered a conflict of interest. I have actually, and I admit it, used some of the NGO's website paragraphs in order to add new information about the organization, and as it is my first submission, I did not know that such practice could be prohibited. Indeed, I was planning to write more likely a draft to the article than a definitive submission, and I didn't see that some of the messages "such as "We"", weren't removed.

Therefore, user Skywatcher68 suggested me to write a revised article draft submission and then sending it to a proofreader before posting it. Also, I think I notice that I might have used too much URL external hyperlinks, which could have seem to represent an attempt to make advertisement for the NGO.

I was redirected to your account, because you have been mentioned on a list of users who can copy segments of deleted articles into my user page. I therefore ask you if it was possible to get some of the deleted paragraphs back. I will send them later to another user for verification before submission.

PS : sorry for my english level that can seem somewhat irregular, it is not my native language.

Wishing you a good reception of this message.

~~~~ Hitreza (talk) 00:18, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

An IP registered to Post Bellum using the term "Actualisation" in an edit summary and you using the term "Actualising" in your very first edit summary less than an hour later was just a coincidence?   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 00:44, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
This was not a coincidence, it was me actually. Also, I cannot lie that I have relations with Post Bellum. However, that doesn't mean I work for them directly, they are associates, but does working in relation with an organism but not for them constitute a conflict of interest ? If such, is it still possible to modify a Wikipedia page if it is submitted to a proofread control ?
Also, I am not doing this work for any compensation as well and I am not doing paid editing, I change Post Bellum page during my free time and I am not willing to make advertisement for the NGO. Therefore, if there is such a conflict of interest, I would be very incline to submit the modifications to an editor that could verify if I adopt a neutral position. This could help me improve my writing and contribution, if this solution can ever be accepted.
Also, this account is managed by only one person and it does not belong to a company or multiple people. As I have been active to Wikipedia on other accounts but not on this one, my history is empty and it does seem to be my first contribution. I admit that this is the first time I am doing a major changing. Finally, thank you again Skywatcher68 for showing me the pages that would have been useful to me for improving my contribution to the article, and I understand that in my position, I could not adopt the most neutral position on how to present the NGO.
Wishing you a good reception of this message, I am willing to improve my skills and writings in Wikipedia. Hitreza (talk) 09:04, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – July 2023 edit

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  Administrator changes

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  • 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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WikiCup 2023 July newsletter edit

The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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August 2023 Good Article Nominations backlog drive edit

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

 

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023 edit

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

  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 [s]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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WikiCup 2023 September newsletter edit

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  •   Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
  •   Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
  •   Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

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WikiCup 2023 November newsletter edit

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work,   BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

  •   Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
  •   MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
  •   Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
  •   MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
  •   BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
  •   Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
  •   LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
  •   MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
  •   Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
  •   Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023 edit

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

 

  Administrator changes

  0xDeadbeef
  Tamzin
  Dennis Brown

  Interface administrator changes

  Pppery
 

  Guideline and policy news

  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.

  Miscellaneous


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ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message edit

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Nevado del Ruiz edit

Greetings, Nevado del Ruiz has got a maintenance tag for some time; do you think it would make sense to reduce the size of that section down to one paragraph, akin to how Ubinas does not dedicate paragraphs to recent activity. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:18, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Thanks for the reminder. I'll try to get to that this week. ceranthor 21:20, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Took me a bit, but finally got around to it. Thanks! ceranthor 20:50, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – December 2023 edit

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

  Guideline and policy news

  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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Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup! edit

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024 edit

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

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024 edit

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

 

  CheckUser changes

  Wugapodes

  Interface administrator changes

 

  Guideline and policy news

  • 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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WikiCup 2024 February newsletter edit

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer   Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

March 2024 GAN backlog drive edit

Good article nominations | March 2024 Backlog Drive
 
March 2024 Backlog Drive:
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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter edit

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to   Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024 edit

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

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

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