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Would you mind to accept me as an adoptee as per the Adopt-a-user. Please help. Thank you--PATH SLOPU ^(Talk) 12:49, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

@Path slopu: I'm sorry, but I've been very busy with homework since college began, and have not had time to mentor my two current adoptees as much as I would like, to say nothing of any of my other normal activities. I presently do not anticipate my workload will reduce soon, either. As such, I fear it would be foolish for me to adopt another person, even if you are clearly more experienced than adoptees usually are. Nevertheless, if you ever have any questions, I hope you will feel welcome to ask them. I will always try to make time to answer them promptly. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 16:44, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

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Question on Sharada Peeth

Please continue this discussion on the article's talk page. I will give my thoughts there when I have a functioning brain. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 03:07, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Hi Compassionate727! I'm editing an article now, and it seems to be particularly contentious because it is on an abandoned Hindu temple (Sharada Peeth) that India lost to Pakistan in 1947. Other users seem to have gone back-and-forth changing the script for the native name of the temple (some want it to be the Devanagari script as used in India, and some want it to be the Urdu script as used in Pakistan), but as they are IP addresses and not user accounts, I'm not sure how to tag them on the talk page to discuss and resolve. In any case, I'm not quite sure what I should do - I think the best solution is to have it in both scripts, but when I edit that in, an IP address quite swiftly undoes my edits. I'm also concerned that if IP addresses keep editing the page, that I'll lose my edits in the conflict. Could you advise me? Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 07:21, 25 September 2018 (UTC) @Kohlrabi Pickle: The first thing to do is try to discuss the issue on the talk page and work towards some consensus. I would leave a message on the article's talk page concisely explaining your reasons for wanting to keep the Devanagari script and asking the IP to elaborate on their reasons for removing it, then leave a {{talkback}} on the talk page of the address they most recently edited from. This most likely won't reach them, as they appear to be in a dynamic range, but it can't hurt to try. You can also re-add the script if you want, linking to the article's talk page as your explanation: in the likely event that the IP reverts again without saying anything new, you'll be able to claim that you attempted to reach consensus and that the other user didn't engage with you, and request that the article be temporarily semi-protected for edit warring to prevent them from removing it again. As far as edit conflicts go, remember that you'll be presented with two boxes of text, the current version and the one you attempted to save; if the IP removes it again in the meantime, you can always copy and paste your text back into the edit box. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 22:28, 25 September 2018 (UTC) Thank you! This was most helpful, and I have done as you advised. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 02:20, 26 September 2018 (UTC) I had another question! Sharada Peeth was the place that popularised the Sharada script, and so it would be great to have its name reflected in that script (someone mentioned this on the talk page as well). I have managed to get the words in the Sharada script (𑆯𑆳𑆫𑆢𑆳 𑆥𑆵𑆜), but I don't think it presents properly on all devices. I'm not sure whether there's something I'm supposed to do to fix that. Could you advise? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharada_Peeth&oldid=861261387 reflects the edit I had made with the name in Sharada script. Many thanks! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 06:07, 26 September 2018 (UTC) Just a quick update that I have restored the Sharada name to the page, as I found that the same script is used on the Kashmiri language page as well. Would still be grateful if you could confirm that this is the right way to approach it! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 06:23, 26 September 2018 (UTC) Previous editor is attempting to change the long-standing version of the page without consensus. Because of the sensitive nature of the Kadhmir dispute, along with the fact that a WP:NOINDICSCRIPT exists, it is not a good idea to add Indian scripts to a Pakistani page, that opens a whole Pandora’s box of problems. It’s best just to follow what is already found on WP pages - treat Pakistani Kashmir as Pakistan and Indian Kashmir as India, and since this is not a script used anywhere in Pakistan, it’s addition is politically provocative. If someone tried to add Pakistani Urdu script to a page about a subject in Indian Kashmir, I would remove that too. The status quo works best.223.136.91.29 (talk) 14:55, 26 September 2018 (UTC) Also, the page is part of Wikipedia Azad Kashmir, which is subsumed by WP Pakistan. There is indeed guidance on the page that clearly states only Nastaliq (Urdu) script be used on pages under WP Pakistan and its sub pages at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Pakistan-related_articles223.136.91.29 (talk) 15:40, 26 September 2018 (UTC) Is this an appropriate place to continue this? I would have appreciated being shown this on the talk page as well. Sharada and Devanagari are Kashmiri scripts, associated with the ancient kingdom of Kashmir (and it long pre-dates either India or Pakistan), from where this monument comes. WP:NOINDICSCRIPT exists because it is common in India for circumstances wherein there are a variety of regional Indic languages and it is unclear which should be used (e.g. adding a Kannada transliteration to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's name, because he lives in Karnataka, even though he is a Tamil Iyer brahmin). There is, in fact, a suggestion in Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics/Archive_48#Native_languages_in_lead that disputed territories include both languages, which here also allows for Hindi, a suggestion which this editor has already rejected on several occasions. In the alternative, I would point out that it states on WP:INDICSCRIPT that it only applies to articles that are predominantly India-based, a suggestion which of course, the editor has also categorically rejected on several occasions. Regarding WP Pakistan, it is one thing to claim that the article is of significance to Pakistan (which is what a WikiProject does), and another to claim that therefore, it is limited to specific conventions. Political sensitivity: Including the indigenous languages of Kashmir (just because it is in the same script as used for Hindi) on an article of an ancient Kashmiri monument is not a suggestion that that monument belongs to India. To not do so is to privilege political correctness over accuracy, or one version over the other. If editor truly wishes to be neutral, then the logical solution is to include both the Hindi and Urdu languages, as both India and Pakistan claim Kashmir in full. My suggestion is, in my view, more politically neutral: avoid using either, and instead use the Kashmiri language, which uses the same scripts as both Urdu (Nastaliq) and Hindi (Devanagari), and can be read by both Indians and Pakistanis anyway. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 21:44, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018

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Sumpul River massacre

Hi, I promoted your DYK hook to Prep 3, but in trying to expand the lead, I am getting totally confused about who attacked who and where. Is this correct? The next day, the Salvadoran refugees who were living in Honduras were attacked and massacred by Salvadoran forces with the cooperation of the Honduran military, which prevented the refugees from fleeing across the border into Honduras. Please adjust the lead and the article. Thank you, Yoninah (talk) 18:58, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: That is not correct, thank you for the catch. I presume it was a relic of an earlier revision in which I had attempted to explain that many Salvadorans were frequently being driven back and forth across the border. I later omitted this from the lead and explained in detail in the body. I have fixed that error and re-read the article. Nothing else stands out to me, but if you find anything please let me know. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 19:20, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. But I wish you would very clearly spell out in the lead what happened, based on the description below the lead. Right now it sounds like Salvadoran forces killed Salvadoran refugees in El Salvador. But what about the Honduran forces who killed refugees? Yoninah (talk) 19:25, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

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On 20 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sumpul River massacre, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that on May 14, 1980, Salvadoran forces massacred more than 300 civilians while Honduran soldiers prevented them from escaping across the border? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sumpul River massacre. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sumpul River massacre), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

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Backlog

As of 21 October 2018, there are 3650 unreviewed articles and the backlog now stretches back 51 days.

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Hello, I'm glad you joined the discussion... the more, the better. I just wanted to note that you didn't need my permission to comment, just as you don't need anyone's permission to participate anywhere on this project. I'm also not sure of the relevance of the date, but thanks for commenting just the same. Cheers - wolf 19:51, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

@Thewolfchild: I thought it was a week later than it was, which raised the question of whether reviving an abandoned discussion was worth the grief it might cause. I of course probably shouldn't have asked about that on the same page as the discussion, but realizing that it was still ongoing answered that question. Cheers. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 19:59, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

FYI

I thought you might find this link useful. Cheers - wolf 19:51, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll admit I've neglected that a bit longer than I ought have… —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 20:02, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018

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NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

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I am looking forward to be adopted by you Manoje.john (talk) 13:33, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

@Manoje.john: I apologize for my delay responding; I have been very busy lately. Unfortunately, that will not change for at least another month, so I must recommend that you find another adopter. Sorry, and best wishes for your time here on Wikipedia, —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 15:59, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

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Technical news

• Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
• To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
• Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous

• In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
• Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries

• Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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December 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition. Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz (results), which focused on Requests and the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits. For the September drive (results), of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits. Our October blitz (results) focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits. For the November drive (results), twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles. The December blitz will run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now! Elections: Nominations for the Guild's coordinators for the first half of 2019 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations, so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: Indy beetle looks at military newspapers in East Africa

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NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018

Hello Compassionate727,

Reviewer of the Year

This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554 reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285 edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.

Thanks are also extended for their work to JTtheOG (15,059 reviews), Boleyn (12,760 reviews), Cwmhiraeth (9,001 reviews), Semmendinger (8,440 reviews), PRehse (8,092 reviews), Arthistorian1977 (5,306 reviews), Abishe (4,153 reviews), Barkeep49 (4,016 reviews), and Elmidae (3,615 reviews).
Cwmhiraeth, Semmendinger, Barkeep49, and Elmidae have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only seven months, while Boleyn, with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.

See also the list of top 100 reviewers.

Less good news, and an appeal for some help

The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640 holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.

Really good news - NPR wins the Community Wishlist Survey 2019

At #1 position, the Community Wishlist poll closed on 3 December with a resounding success for NPP, reminding the WMF and the volunteer communities just how critical NPP is to maintaining a clean encyclopedia and the need for improved tools to do it. A big 'thank you' to everyone who supported the NPP proposals. See the results.

Training video

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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 13

Newsletter • December 2018

This month: A general update.

The current status of the project is as follows:

• Progress of the project has been generally delayed since September due to development issues (more bitrot than expected, some of the code just being genuinely confusing, etc) and personal injury (I suffered a concussion in October and was out of commission for almost two months as a result).
• I currently expect to be putting out a proper call for CollaborationKit pilots in January/February, with estimated deployment in February/March if things don't go horribly wrong (they will, though, don't worry). As a part of that, I will properly update the page and send out announcement and reach out to all projects already signed up as pilots for WikiProject X in general, at which point those (still) interested can volunteer specifically to test the CollaborationKit extension.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Pilots was originally created for the first WikiProject X prototype, and given this is where the project has since gone, it's only logical to continue to use it. While I haven't yet updated the page to properly reflect this:
  • If you want to add your project to this page now, feel free. Just bear in mind that more information what to actually expect will be added later/included in the announcement, because by then I will have a much better idea myself.
• Until then, you can find me in my corner working on making the CollaborationKit code do what we want and not just what we told it, per the workboard.

Until next time,

-— Isarra ༆ 22:44, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 December 2018

• From the editors: Where to draw the line in reporting?

• Op-ed: Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee

• Special report: The Signpost got 380,000+ views in 2018, sounds reasonable enough, right?

• News and notes: Some wishes do come true

• In the media: Political hijinks

• Discussion report: A new record low for RfA

• WikiProject report: Articlegenesis

• Arbitration report: Year ends with one active case

• Traffic report: Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents

• Gallery: Sun and Moon, water and stone

• Blog: News from the WMF

• Humour: I believe in Bigfoot

• Essay: Requests for medication

• From the archives: Compromised admin accounts – again

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes

Galobtter

Orangemike

BorgQueen • Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange

Bureaucrat changes

Addshore

CheckUser changes

Joe Roe • SilkTork

Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork

Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:

1. G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
2. R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
3. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.

• The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
• Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news

• Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:

1. At least 8 characters in length
2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
3. Different from their username

User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.

• Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
• {{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration

• Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.

Miscellaneous

• Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
• Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at Albert Speer Op-ed: Factotem on common problems affecting infoboxes Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Signpost: 31 January 2019

• Op-Ed: Random Rewards Rejected

• In focus: The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages

• News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives

• In the media: The Signpost's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized

• Discussion report: The future of the reference desk

• Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity

• Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope

• Traffic report: Death, royals and superheroes: Avengers, Black Panther

• Technology report: When broken is easily fixed

• Gallery: Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering

• News from the WMF: News from WMF

• Recent research: Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?

• Essay: How

• Humour: Village pump

• From the archives: An editorial board that includes you

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GOCE 2018 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2018 Annual Report Our 2018 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress; Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Membership news and results of elections; Annual leaderboard; Plans for 2019. – Your project coordinators: Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).

Administrator changes

Enterprisey • JJMC89

BorgQueen

Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes

Enterprisey

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
• Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
• A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

• A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.

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The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Review essay: Nick-D on the Japanese battleship Mikasa

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The Signpost: 28 February 2019

• From the editors: Help wanted (still)

• News and notes: Front-page issues for the community

• In focus: Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election

• Discussion report: Talking about talk pages

• Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!

• Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee

• Traffic report: Binge-watching

• Technology report: Tool labs casters-up

• Gallery: Signed with pride

• Recent research: Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers

• Essay: Optimist's guide to Wikipedia

• From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love

• Humour: Pesky Pronouns

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Adopt Me

Hello @Compassionate727: I'm new user autoconfirmed also trying to learn by myself. I'm interested in fighting vandalism & Page Curation in the future. I'm quite active almost 15 hours a day on my Macbook editing & submitting WP:AFD & WP:A7 also I Fix Entertainment (Films) related articles in terms of Grammar & Spellings. I'm really interested in learning and keeping with up with Wikipedia.-- MrZINE 17:13, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

@Iamzine13: Oof, this was a really late response. I sincerely apologize, especially because I probably caused this confusion by failing to mark myself as unavailable at WP:ADOPT. As you can probably guess from the delay, I would probably not be your best prospect in an adopter. You're doing great work here, I hope you can find someone better able to help you! —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 16:30, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Karim Halim data

As someone who is also extremely busy with real life, I have not been following developments. I assume that you tagged and deleted Karim Halim not because you had a clue who he was, but precisely because you didn't. I have no recollection of what information was in the article. Can you please retrieve the data for me? No rush, but nonetheless I'd appreciate it. Dewobroto (talk) 18:15, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Dewobroto: While I flagged it for deletion some time ago (three and a half years, it looks like), Karim Halim was never deleted; the reviewing administrator judged it to be possibly notable. Whenever I flag an article for deletion like that, the article's author receives a notification warning of its possible deletion in scary, threatening terms that make it sound like it almost certainly will be deleted, which can be very confusing when the article is not. So fear not, most of what you wrote is still there. Other editors have made some improvements to it since then; these appear to be mostly minor changes, but if you want to know what the article looked like in the past for reference, you can access the article's history by navigating to the article and clicking the tab that says "History" in the top on the right side. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 16:40, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Administrator changes

Evad37

There'sNoTime

Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom

Interface administrator changes

Evad37 • Galobtter

Ritchie333

CheckUser changes

There'sNoTime

Keegan • Ks0stm

Oversight changes

There'sNoTime

Ks0stm • Sphilbrick

Guideline and policy news

• The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
• Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news

• A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
  • paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
  • checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.

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The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on US Navy aviation safety and Australian war crimes trials

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NPR Newsletter No.17

Hello Compassionate727,

News

• The WMF has announced that Google Translate is now available for translating articles through the content translation tool. This may result in an increase in machine translated articles in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to use the {{rough translation}} tag and gently remind (or inform) editors that translations from other language Wikipedia pages still require attribution per WP:TFOLWP.

Discussions of interest

• Two elements of CSD G6 have been split into their own criteria: R4 for redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons (Discussion), and G14 for disambiguation pages which disambiguate zero pages, or have "(disambiguation)" in the title but disambiguate a single page (Discussion).
• {{db-blankdraft}} was merged into G13 (Discussion)
• A discussion recently closed with no consensus on whether to create a subject-specific notability guideline for theatrical plays.
• There is an ongoing discussion on a proposal to create subject-specific notability guidelines for chemicals and organism taxa.

Reminders

• NPR is not a binary keep / delete process. In many cases a redirect may be appropriate. The deletion policy and its associated guideline clearly emphasise that not all unsuitable articles must be deleted. Redirects are not contentious. See a classic example of the templates to use. More templates are listed at the R template index. Reviewers who are not aware, do please take this into consideration before PROD, CSD, and especially AfD because not even all admins are aware of such policies, and many NAC do not have a full knowledge of them.

NPP Tools Report

• Superlinks – allows you to check an article's history, logs, talk page, NPP flowchart (on unpatrolled pages) and more without navigating away from the article itself.
• copyvio-check – automatically checks the copyvio percentage of new pages in the background and displays this info with a link to the report in the 'info' panel of the Page curation toolbar.
• The NPP flowchart now has clickable hyperlinks.

Six Month Queue Data: Today – Low – 2393 High – 4828
Looking for inspiration? There are approximately 1000 female biographies to review.
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March GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2018. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2019, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from all of the articles tagged in our original target months of June, July and August 2018, and by 24 January we ran out of articles. After adding September, we finished the month with 8 target articles remaining and 842 left in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 48 requests for copyedit in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 32 copyedits, including 15 requests. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 23:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 108 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 851 articles. March Drive: The month-long March drive is now underway; the target months are October and November 2018. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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The Signpost: 31 March 2019

• From the editors: Getting serious about humor

• News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive

• In the media: Women's history month

• Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding

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• From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion

• Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37

• Op-Ed: Pro and Con: Has gun violence been improperly excluded from gun articles?

• In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch

• Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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• In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.

Miscellaneous

• Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
• As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.

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The Bugle: Issue CLVI, April 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Peacemaker67, Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at three books focussing on the World Wars Op-ed: Indy Beetle on the fall of Idi Amin

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The Signpost: 30 April 2019

• News and notes: An Action Packed April

• In the media: Is Wikipedia just another social media site?

• Discussion report: English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages

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• Gallery: Notre-Dame de Paris burns

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• Recent research: Female scholars underrepresented; whitepaper on Wikidata and libraries; undo patterns reveal editor hierarchy

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• Humour: Jimbo and Larry walk into a bar ...

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

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Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Technical news

• XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

• In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
• Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
• A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

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The Bugle: Issue CLVII, May 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Australia's leadership and medical services in World War II and Peacemaker67 on Israel's targeted assassinations Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the fate of the German fleet at Scapa Flow

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