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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

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

Administrator changes

Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103

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Mr. Stradivarius

CheckUser changes

Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes

Opabinia regalis

Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Oversighter changes

Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes

Opabinia regalis

Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Guideline and policy news

• 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.

• Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration

• Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Cabayi, Donald Albury, Enterprisey, Izno, Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned, Wugapodes.

Miscellaneous

• The functionaries email list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

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Speedy Deletion

I need some help. My Account of 7 days is trying to be deleted. Can you help? ThePresidentoftheworld (talk) 00:58, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Donald. ThePresidentoftheworld (talk) 00:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

@ThePresidentoftheworld: Your user page has been proposed for deletion because Wikipedia is not the place to promote your personal fantasy. - Donald Albury 01:19, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Loftus Edit

Hi Donald, Nice to meet you. I appreciate the effort at maintaining neutrality and letting readers draw their own conclusions. I was familiar with Loftus from the Maxwell, North, Weinstein, and Simpson trials, so when I came across mention of her on the Durst page (reading due to his recent death) I went "wow, him too?".

Is there a version of that edit which would strike you as more neutral? Perhaps mentioning that Loftus was an expert witness in defense of Durst, but omitting that he was convicted of murder? Maybe also mentioning that, in the McMartin trial, her testimony helped get false accusations of abuse dismissed? I guess I'm having a hard time understanding how we'd keep things neutral when the material facts could be seen to paint an unflattering picture of someone.

WhichDoctor (talk) 17:46, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@WhichDoctor: I think this is best discussed on the article talk page, where other editors can participate. I have started a discussion at Talk:Elizabeth Loftus/Archive 2#Coverage of testimony in trials. - Donald Albury 19:44, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Riverside High School Jacksonville FL Wiki Site Information Errors

Mr. Albury:

The below information that is found within Riverside High School's page here on Wiki is in error. The new Riverside High School is in NO WAY affiliated with the former Robert E. Lee High School whose name was changed for this current one. Please assist me in deleting these incorrections:

Athletics The Lee Generals have won 15 FHSAA state championships.[27] The following sports are offered at Lee:[28]

Boys Cross Country State champs - 1947-1949 and 1967[29] Boys Golf Cheerleading Football Girls Bowling Girls Golf Swimming and Diving Volleyball Boys Basketball State champs - 1930 and 1940[30] Girls Basketball Boys Soccer Girls Soccer Girls Weightlifting Slow Pitch Softball Wrestling Baseball State champs - 1945 and 1961[31] Boys Tennis Girls Tennis Boys Track State champs - 1930, 1937 and 1943-1947[32] Girls Track Fast Pitch Softball Girls Flag Football Lacrosse Girls Lacrosse Notable alumni Catie Ball, Olympic swimmer Hoyt Axton, singer, song writer, actor played football at Oklahoma State Don Barnes, member of the band 38 Special Edgar Bennett, Florida State University and Green Bay Packers running back, wide receivers coach Las Vegas Raiders Randall Berg, public interest lawyer, former president of the Florida chapter of the ACLU Don Bessent, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher LeRoy Butler, four-time All-Pro safety for the Green Bay Packers Ander Crenshaw, Representative for the 4th district of Florida Celso de Mello, 1963-1964 AFS exchange student from Brazil, Senior Justice Supreme Federal Court[33] Clarence Denmark, Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) Slotback[34] Sheck Exley, pioneering cave diver Ken Fallin, caricaturist for the Wall Street Journal Earl Leggett, Chicago Bears tackle Angelo Liteky, chaplain in Vietnam, Medal of Honor recipient, later renounced Stetson Kennedy, author, folklorist, human rights activist Allen Lynch, economist Members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd (some attended, but did not graduate). Mark McCumber, professional golfer Ron Meeks, defensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts Jessica Morris, actress who has appeared on American soap opera One Life to Live Stephen Nicholas, National Football League player for the Atlanta Falcons Corky Rogers, winningest football coach in Florida[35] Hans Tanzler, former mayor of Jacksonville Harmon Wages, Atlanta Falcons fullback, Gatorade actor Donnie Van Zant, member of the band 38 Special

Thank you

Bellbucket (talk) 05:12, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

@Bellbucket: That is not how things work on Wikipedia. A change of name does not cancel the history of the school. I strongly advise you to propose any changes you want to make to Riverside High School (Florida) at Talk:Riverside High School (Florida), and to not edit the article unless and until other editors have commented and a consensus has been reached to make those edits. - Donald Albury 17:00, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Message received

I have received messages from now three of you and thank you for your time. Your thoughtful guidance has been shared with others and I appreciate your considerations. Bellbucket (talk) 19:48, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 January 2022

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

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

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news

• 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.
• The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration

• Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
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Village pump discussion on sources needs closing - troll?

It's going nowhere and wasting time. What do you think? Doug Weller talk 11:41, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: That thought had occurred to me. I probably shouldn't have wasted my time replying to him. Who should shut it down? - Donald Albury 12:54, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

I don't know. I think WP:BLUDGEON might be enough if you don't think the IP is trolling. Do you think a closure could be appealed? Doug Weller talk 16:18, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Alachua, FL

You in fact are incorrect. I was born in Gainesville, FL and have lived in Alachua for over 40 years. The ONLY people that call it "Alachua" are ignorant "bumpkins". Just because someone in a Conestogas commercial calls it "Alachauay" doesn't mean that's how it is properly pronounced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrunoP211 (talk • contribs) 01:38, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

I have responded on your talk page. - Donald Albury 01:54, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Cbinetti (talk) 15:04, 12 February 2022 (UTC)cbinetti-I found a citation but I am too afraid to add it without permission. "Reptiles were the first group of vertebrates to be completely adapted to life on land." https://webprojects.oit.ncsu.edu/project/bio181de/Lab/animal_diversity/reptiles.html

Reptiles and mammals

(Moved from within previous section to bottom of page.) 69.127.44.36 (talk) 15:00, 12 February 2022 (UTC)I do not think that it should have been reverted. The paragraph itself had stated that the synapsids and sauropsids both evolved from reptiliomorphs. It is entirely alright to summarize this already-cited statement as showing that all amniotes are reptiles. Ihope that you will revert the reversion.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbinetti (talk • contribs) 10:04, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

@Cbinetti: Reptiliomorpha does not equal Reptilia. Reptiliomorpha includes Reptilia and Mammals as daughter clades. To say that mammals are reptiles without support from reliable sources is original research. Note also that Reptiliomorpha includes tetrapods that are closer to amniotes than to lissamphibians, i.e, not themselves amniotes. - Donald Albury 15:44, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2022

• From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief

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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter – 018

February 2022—Issue 018

Tree of Life

Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content

Black-and-yellow broadbill by AryKun Papuan mountain pigeon by AryKun List of leporids by PresN Algerian nuthatch by 2001:4455:364:A800:C13C:8A64:1CEF:F186, reviewed by AryKun Jungle bush quail by AryKun, reviewed by Jens Lallensack Lycorma imperialis by Etriusus, reviewed by Ealdgyth Harry Allan by Dracophyllum, reviewed by Esculenta Banded bullfrog by DanCherek, reviewed by GhostRiver

Newly nominated content

Queen angelfish by LittleJerry Red panda by LittleJerry and BhagyaMani List of lagomorphs by PresN Corsican nuthatch by 2001:4455:364:A800:39A6:A5D8:C903:5E1D Firefly by Chiswick Chap Mountain pigeon by AryKun Bonacynodon by Trilletrollet Golden eagle by Vaco98

News at a glance

• A competitive first round of the Wikicup ends, with eight TOL editors moving into the second round: AryKun, GhostRiver, Ealdgyth, Wretchskull, Charlesjsharp, Dracophyllum, Guettarda, and Casliber.

February DYKs

Dudleya cymosa subsp. pumila

A Golden Retriever retrieving a shot game bird

Rhododendrons at Sheringham Park

Seagrass in La Ciotat, France

• ... that Ozzie was the first gorilla to take his own blood pressure voluntarily? (February 1)
• ... that the Sonoran blue butterfly uses Dudleya cymosa subsp. pumila (pictured) as a larval foodplant and hummingbirds feed on its nectar? (February 2)
• ... that the spotted lanternfly has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat swelling since the 1100s? (February 2)
• ... that all Golden Retrievers (example pictured) descend from a golden-coloured Flat-coated Retriever named Nous and a Tweed Water Spaniel named Belle? (February 4)
• ... that Fagus langevinii is considered to be the oldest extinct species of beech tree? (February 5)
• ... that the white-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus eugeniae) was named after Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French? (February 5)
• ... that Coleman's melibe is said to look like a "string of snot in the water"? (February 6)
• ... that Mini ature is the largest frog in its genus? (February 7)
• ... that the New Zealand stonefly Stenoperla prasina was the five millionth specimen digitised by the Natural History Museum in London? (February 8)
• ... that Wallace's fruit dove has been described as being one of the most beautiful fruit doves? (February 9)
• ... that the woodland garden (example pictured), "colourfully planted with exotic shrubs and herbaceous plants, dominated English horticulture from 1910 to 1960"? (February 17)
• ... that seas are being rewilded with seagrass (example pictured)? (February 17)
• ... that Potamophylax coronavirus's range has been described as a battlefield between scientists and hydropower plant management? (February 23)
• ... that the genus Xochiquetzallia was named after the Aztec goddess of flowers? (February 26)
• ... that despite being nicknamed a "lanternbug", Lycorma imperialis does not actually emit any light? (February 28)
• ... that although it is a bird of prey, the white-fronted falconet is only 14 to 17 cm (5.5 to 6.7 in) long and mainly feeds on insects? (February 28)

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

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

Administrator changes

Modussiccandi

BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversighter changes

Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

• A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
• A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

Technical news

• The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project. (T296645)
• Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020)
• The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389)

Arbitration

• Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

Miscellaneous

• The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
• Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.
• The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

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The Signpost: 27 March 2022

• From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

• News and notes: Of safety and anonymity

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps

• Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks

• In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff

• Recent research: Top scholarly citers, lack of open access references, predicting editor departures

• Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond

• Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now

• Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon

• Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors

• Traffic report: War, what is it good for?

• Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine

• Gallery: "All we are saying is, give peace a chance..."

• From the archives: Burn, baby burn

• Essay: Yes, the sky is blue

• Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja

• On the bright side: The bright side of news

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WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/019

March 2022—Issue 019

Tree of Life

Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content

Queen angelfish by LittleJerry Alaska marmot by An anonymous username, not my real name, reviewed by Ealdgyth Firefly by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Ealdgyth Afrolychas braueri by OnlyFixingProse, reviewed by An anonymous username, not my real name Mountain pigeon by AryKun, reviewed by Ealdgyth Dracopristis by Fossiladder13, reviewed by Ealdgyth Bonacynodon by Trilletrollet, reviewed by AryKun Lichexanthone by Esculenta, reviewed by Szmenderowiecki Yellowtail flounder by Eviolite, reviewed by RecycledPixels Sexual selection by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun

Newly nominated content

White-headed fruit dove by AryKun Mountain pigeon by AryKun Florence Merriam Bailey by GhostRiver Agelenopsis pennsylvanica by Kline Hypericum aegypticum by Fritzmann Guadeloupe woodpecker by OnlyFixingProse

News at a glance

• A discussion is ongoing over whether the pencil icon for editing taxonomy templates should be changed.

March DYKs

Elysia timida

Humbertium covidum

Door Tree

• ... that although it is a bird of prey, the white-fronted falconet is only 14 to 17 cm (5.5 to 6.7 in) long and mainly feeds on insects? (March 1)
• ... that Squatina mapama was named after Spain's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment? (March 3)
• ... that the sea slug Elysia timida (example pictured) absorbs its colouration from its algae-based diet? (March 3)
• ... that Seal Rescue Ireland comforts orphaned seal pups with fake mothers made of wetsuits? (March 4)
• ... that the flatworm Hum­ber­tium covidum (pictured), named after the COVID-19 pandemic, was classified in a study written mostly during the initial lockdown? (March 6)
• ... that the Door Tree (pictured), which stood for nearly 200 years, was cut down because of a brother's hatred? (March 8)
• ... that the nature documentary The Green Planet, narrated by David Attenborough, has been compared to both horror films and a "plant porno"? (March 10)
• ... that the colour of the markings on Nesticus cellulanus can vary depending on the light level of the habitat, with darker habitats causing lighter markings? (March 15)
• ... that the gonads of the banded bullfrog remain ripe during dry periods so that it can mate soon after rainfall? (March 17)
• ... that Gea eff has the shortest scientific name of any spider species? (March 18)
• ... that the discovery of Bianchengichthys may shed new light on the evolution of all jawed vertebrates? (18 March)
• ... that Alaska marmots take turns acting as sentries to protect their colonies? (March 20)
• ... that some of the calls of the bare-headed laughingthrush have been described as "comical"? (March 25)
• ... that the Bornean stubtail forages more like a mouse than a bird? (March 29)
• ... that the rare Somali pigeon urgently needs a population survey? (March 31)

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

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

Administrator changes

Firefly • Sdrqaz

Ad Orientem

Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

Technical news

• 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)

Arbitration

• Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
• A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
• A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

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Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 6

Movement Strategy and Governance News
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Welcome to the sixth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board of trustees elections and other relevant MSG topics.

This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while the more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.

• Leadership Development - A Working Group is Forming! - The application to join the Leadership Development Working Group closed on April 10th, 2022, and up to 12 community members will be selected to participate in the working group. (continue reading)
• Universal Code of Conduct Ratification Results are out! - The global decision process on the enforcement of the UCoC via SecurePoll was held from 7 to 21 March. Over 2,300 eligible voters from at least 128 different home projects submitted their opinions and comments. (continue reading)
• Movement Discussions on Hubs - The Global Conversation event on Regional and Thematic Hubs was held on Saturday, March 12, and was attended by 84 diverse Wikimedians from across the movement. (continue reading)
• Movement Strategy Grants Remain Open! - Since the start of the year, six proposals with a total value of about $80,000 USD have been approved. Do you have a movement strategy project idea? Reach out to us! (continue reading)
• The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is All Set! - The Committee of fifteen members which was elected in October 2021, has agreed on the essential values and methods for its work, and has started to create the outline of the Movement Charter draft. (continue reading)
• Introducing Movement Strategy Weekly - Contribute and Subscribe! - The MSG team have just launched the updates portal, which is connected to the various Movement Strategy pages on Meta-wiki. Subscriber to get up-to-date news about the various ongoing projects. (continue reading)
• Diff Blogs - Check out the most recent publications about the UCoC on Wikimedia Diff. (continue reading)

Thanks for reading. Xeno (WMF) 02:23, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement

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

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 April 2022

• News and notes: Double trouble

• In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia

• Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)

• Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer

• Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March

• In focus: Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia

• Gallery: A voyage around the world with WLM winners

• Interview: On a war and a map

• Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers

• Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion

• Recent research: Student edits as "civic engagement"; how Wikipedia readers interact with images

• News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?

• Essay: The problem with elegant variation

• Humour: Really huge message boxes

• From the archives: Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization

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R. Donahue Peebles

I am not sure why you keep posting or change Roy Donahue Peebles mother as white when she clearly is not. A picture of his mother is on his Instagram and census records have her listed as black/negro. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8806:4F0E:1500:8C08:B57:6260:40EA (talk) 00:21, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

You need to cite a reliable source that states that his mother was black. - Donald Albury 00:25, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Actually, the parents' races were just recently added to the article without a source. I have removed them as unsourced. Schazjmd (talk) 00:31, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

A user you blocked for 31 hours hasn't learned.

First let me preface by saying my personal conspiracy theory: That user could totally be a bot.
That out of the way, the user Oldhedge, which you blocked for 31 hours, is back to doing the same things you blocked them for full force.

Additional details:

• Have you wondered where they get their poorly or fully unsourced content?

  Well they get it by Google translating Wikipedia articles from other languages, of course!

• Have you ever wondered where they get the weird source here and there that has nothing to do with the content they translated?

  Well so did I, and I have no idea because it's not the one from the page they translated, but this account has recently done the same thing (revert_1, revert_2, revert_3).

• Do I think they're the same person?

  Well I find the similar behaviour pretty suspicious, and in fact I thought it was a previous serial Google translator (this one), although more experienced people have told me that the behaviour does not quite match (link) and the completely unrelated reference thing is new these 2 accounts and both accounts sometimes change thigs just enough that it isn't the exact output of Google Translate.
  
  

Anyways, I don't plan on pursuing this any further (be at AIV or SPI), I just don't feel confident I really understand how to do it. But I hope my information (and my notice that they're still doing it) helps you in deciding what to do further.
I really hope they're not bots/semi-scripted, but I really have no idea how the reference mistakes could happen naturally... – 2804:F14:C060:8A01:CFC:6406:D953:B87F (talk) 09:58, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter – 020

April 2022—Issue 020

Tree of Life

Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content

Red panda by LittleJerry and BhagyaMani White-headed fruit dove by AryKun List of ochotonids by PresN Guadeloupe woodpecker by OnlyFixingProse, reviewed by Ealdgyth Magnetoreception by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Mover of molehills Macauley Island by Jo-Jo Eumerus, reviewed by Ealdgyth Black-breasted buttonquail by Casliber, reviewed by Ealdgyth Florence Merriam Bailey by GhostRiver, reviewed by SquareInARoundHole

Newly nominated content

Black-breasted buttonquail by Casliber List of birds of Tuvalu by AryKun List of cingulates by PresN List of didelphimorphs by PresN Stegotherium by Larrayal Resplendent quetzal by SadAttorney613 Electroreception and electrogenesis by Chiswick Chap Muja (alligator) by Amanuensis Balkanicus Punctelia graminicola by Esculenta Siegfried Huneck by Esculenta Abiogenesis by Chiswick Chap

News at a glance

• The second round of the WikiCup ends with three TOL editors moving into the third round: AryKun, Ealdgyth, and GhostRiver.

April DYKs

Whitehead's broadbill

Anaea aidea

• ... that the rare Somali pigeon urgently needs a population survey? (April 1)
• ... that Darth Vader's anal shield has a "pronounced bell shape"? (April 2)
• ... that lichexanthone, a chemical found in some lichens, enhances human sperm motility and kills mosquito larvae? (April 3)
• ... that raptor persecution is a crime against birds of prey, and in Scotland, ravens are afforded honorary raptor status? (April 4)
• ... that the chestnut-hooded laughingthrush feeds on insects that have been hit by vehicles? (April 7)
• ... that the calls of Whitehead's broadbill (example pictured) resemble those of trogons, woodpeckers, and jays? (April 10)
• ... that the nests of Hose's broadbill have tails? (April 12)
• ... that butterflies of the genus Anaea (example pictured) are said to have "commanded the admiration of even the most gold-mad conquistadores"? (April 16)
• ... that despite being described in 1840, the chestnut-backed buttonquail was only confirmed in Queensland in 2020? (April 21)
• ... that a species in the genus of sponges Pseudoceratina produces a chemical that can help prevent migration of metastatic breast cancer cells? (April 22)
• ... that Ulmus chuchuanus had to be renamed due to another fossil already having its original name? (April 26)
• ... that a walrus was given his own pontoon to stop him damaging other boats in St Mary's Harbour? (April 27)
• ... that magnetoreception in birds works by quantum effects in their eyes? (April 28)

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

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

Administrator changes

Colin M

David.Monniaux • Fribbler • Grue • Kpjas • West.andrew.g

CheckUser changes

Ks0stm

Oversighter changes

Ks0stm

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
• Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.

Technical news

• The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
• A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.

Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.

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The Signpost: 29 May 2022

• From the team: A changing of the guard

• News and notes: 2022 Wikimedia Board elections

• Community view: Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections

• Opinion: The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency

• In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more

• Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war

• In focus: Measuring gender diversity in Wikipedia articles

• Discussion report: Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more

• WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited

• Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis

• Featured content: Featured content of April

• Interview: Wikipedia's pride

• Serendipity: Those thieving image farms

• Recent research: 35 million Twitter links analysed

• Tips and tricks: The reference desks of Wikipedia

• Traffic report: Strange highs and strange lows

• News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced

• News from the WMF: The EU Digital Services Act: What’s the Deal with the Deal?

• Video: How the entire country of Qatar was blocked from editing

• Gallery: Diving under the sea for World Oceans Day

• From the archives: The Onion and Wikipedia

• Essay: How not to write a Wikipedia article

• Humour: A new crossword

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022

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

Administrator changes

Tamzin

Barek • Darkwind • Geometry guy • ProcseeBot • RoyBoy • Sean Whitton • Valereee • Visorstuff • WAvegetarian

Sn0wflake → VersedFenrir

CheckUser changes

Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

• Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

Technical news

• 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.

Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
• An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

• News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks

• In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down

• Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?

• Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled

• Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it

• Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose

• Essay: RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy?

• Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed

• Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?

• News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals

• Traffic report: Top view counts for shows, movies, and celeb lawsuit that keeps on giving

• Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter

• Humour: Shortcuts, screwballers, Simon & Garfunkel

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Where should I post about a discussion as to whether the BLP alert actually reflects the wording of the sanction?

See this discussion. Is there really an issue? Thanks. Doug Weller talk 14:37, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: While I have some BLPs on my watchlist, I am not particularly active in the area. I also strained my back a couple of days ago, and the muscle relaxant I'm taking leaves me groggy enough that I probably shouldn't be trying to parse anything in discretionary sanctions. - Donald Albury 18:27, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself. Doug Weller talk 18:30, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

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

Administrator changes

AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl

Drilnoth → AFigureOfBlue

Bureaucrat changes

Lee Vilenski

Interface administrator changes

Nihiltres

Technical news

• user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

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You've got mail

Hello, Donald Albury. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.Doug Weller talk 15:02, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Sock master returns

Howdy. Now we've got 'two' new ones & again, being used to compete with each other. IMHO, they're all the same individual -or- two individuals, who are 'bleeping' around with the rest of us. PS: I've requested page protection for the 10+ pages, he/she or they are targeting. GoodDay (talk) 11:04, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

@GoodDay: Focus of content was obvious, and I have blocked them. Tschrwd may be the same as Tschrwh, but I'm not ready to block them without more evidence.- Donald Albury 12:11, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 7

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 7, July-September 2022Read the full newsletter

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Welcome to the 7th issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! The newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the implementation of Wikimedia's Movement Strategy recommendations, other relevant topics regarding Movement governance, as well as different projects and activities supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team of the Wikimedia Foundation.

The MSG Newsletter is delivered quarterly, while the more frequent Movement Strategy Weekly will be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.

• Movement sustainability: Wikimedia Foundation's annual sustainability report has been published. (continue reading)
• Improving user experience: recent improvements on the desktop interface for Wikimedia projects. (continue reading)
• Safety and inclusion: updates on the revision process of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines. (continue reading)
• Equity in decisionmaking: reports from Hubs pilots conversations, recent progress from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, and a new white paper for futures of participation in the Wikimedia movement. (continue reading)
• Stakeholders coordination: launch of a helpdesk for Affiliates and volunteer communities working on content partnership. (continue reading)
• Leadership development: updates on leadership projects by Wikimedia movement organizers in Brazil and Cape Verde. (continue reading)
• Internal knowledge management: launch of a new portal for technical documentation and community resources. (continue reading)
• Innovate in free knowledge: high-quality audiovisual resources for scientific experiments and a new toolkit to record oral transcripts. (continue reading)
• Evaluate, iterate, and adapt: results from the Equity Landscape project pilot (continue reading)
• Other news and updates: a new forum to discuss Movement Strategy implementation, upcoming Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election, a new podcast to discuss Movement Strategy, and change of personnel for the Foundation's Movement Strategy and Governance team. (continue reading)

RamzyM (WMF) 01:39, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Unrecognized groups

Hi Don, I restored the Accawmacke group with a citation. List of unrecognized tribes in the United States is a unique and incredibly valuable resource on the web to identify these organizations as being completely unrecognized. Totally agree with you that listings entries link to self-published and/or promotional websites, but these groups covered in small town newspapers all the time. Hopefully, instead of just accepting anything they are told verbatim, journalists will make precursory searches to understand that these groups are innumerable and not recognized by any outside authority or by Native Americans (exceptions, of course, with legitimate Californian tribes). That's why I try to help the list be as complete as possible. Yuchitown (talk) 18:40, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Yuchitown

@Yuchitown: I think is was both the slickness of the page and the prominent donation appeal that made me unsure about allowing the link. In any case, I'm fine with deferring to your judgement. Donald Albury 19:12, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Totally agree with you that it is inappropriate to link to self-published websites. Yuchitown (talk) 20:09, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Yuchitown

The Signpost: 1 August 2022

• From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something

• News and notes: Information considered harmful

• In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap

• Op-Ed: The "recession" affair

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)

• Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

• Community view: Youth culture and notability

• Opinion: Criminals among us

• Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement

• Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country

• Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us

• Traffic report: US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July

• Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists

• Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot

• In focus: Wikidata insights from a handy little tool

• On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories

• Essay: How to research an image

• Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed

• Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia

• Gallery: A backstage pass

• From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened

• Humour: Why did the chicken cross the road?

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Arbcom case

Hi Donald - hope you are well. On the current case, under JPL's topic ban, you've posted "As I have decided to not support a site ban for Lugnuts, I will not do so here". You've not yet commented on my site ban, and was wondering if this was an oversight? Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:54, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

One year!

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

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

Administrator changes

Valereee

Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

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)

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

• 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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A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For your recent content work, nice work! Andre🚐 17:09, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Not a sock but

maybe the other co-chief?[1] Doug Weller talk 11:11, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I wish whoever it is would engage on a talk page. I picked up the impression somewhere that people who identify as Apalachee are not all supporters of the Talimali Band organization. Perhaps something internal to the Talimali Band. - Donald Albury 12:58, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Could be. Doug Weller talk 14:16, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Liberland

I have made an edit in Liberland, which was reverted for "citing unreliable source" and "source not pointing out to the information". I have cited two sources, one in English, one in Croatian. The Croatian source does almost verbatim say what I wrote in the edit. I was very careful about it. A casual trip to Google Translate will provide you with adequate evidence. I have re-reverted the change whilst removing the less relevant English citation which doesn't include the text in question.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Michalptacnik (talk • contribs) 03:41, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Remember this editor?

[2] and Talk:Yaroslav Osmomysl Doug Weller talk 18:13, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

They've mentioned you now. Doug Weller talk 09:56, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 August 2022

• News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere

• Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?

• In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth

• Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees

• News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me

• In focus: Thinking inside the box

• Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...

• Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now

• Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth

• Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.

• Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links

• Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come

• Essay: Delete the junk!

• Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)

• Humour: CommonsComix No. 1

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

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

Administrator changes

DanCherek • DatGuy • Femke • Z1720

Aldux • Graham Beards • Nyttend

Interface administrator changes

Mr. Stradivarius

Guideline and policy news

• 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.

Technical news

• The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
• The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

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.

Miscellaneous

• 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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Wikipedia, fuente no fiable.

Si la Wikipedia no es una fuente fiable, entonces se debería empezar a borrar MILES de temas que han sido COPY/PASTE de un idioma a otro y que dejarían la web en menos de la mitad de sus temas. Además equivaldría a poner un Copyright, tanto a los temas escritos como a su traducción a otro idioma. No es una crítica hacia usted sino una opinión mía.Jcollmart (talk) 16:25, 5 September 2022 (UTC) Jcollmart (talk) 16:29, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Amhara people page

I don’t know how to edit a close Wikipedia page because every time when I’m trying to copy and past a source it doesn’t send it. May you open the page for 24 hours or even less then that so I can put up the sources? 213.137.70.155 (talk) 12:51, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

I will not open the page for you to edit. Please read WP:Edit requests, and then leave an edit request on Talk:Amhara people explaining what edits you want to have occur on Amhara people. Please include any changes in wording you want to see, and provide full information on any sources you want to see cited in the article. If your request is deemed appropriate, someone will edit the article to incorporate your request. - Donald Albury 13:11, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Editing sources on the page of the Amhara people

Hi, I just finished editing the sources on the talk page of the Amhara people. Hope someone from the administrations will check it out. 46.31.102.64 (talk) 14:31, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Amhara page

I did edit request on the page of the Amhara people, but so far no response from the administrations. Many sources were removed from this page. 213.137.71.117 (talk) 21:24, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

This might interest/worry you

[3] Doug Weller talk 16:13, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 September 2022

• News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"

• In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers

• In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements

• Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution

• Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News

• Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship

• Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?

• Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos

• Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future

• Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs

• Featured content: Farm-fresh content

• Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2

• CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

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

Administrator changes

ScottishFinnishRadish

Staxringold

Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

Interface administrator changes

Cyberpower678

CheckUser changes

GorillaWarfare

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
• Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
• Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news

• 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.

Arbitration

• Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
• A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
• The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

Miscellaneous

• An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
• You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
• An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
• Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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Flag of St. Augustine, Florida

FYI, somebody created templates for decade and years for St. Augustine, Florida in the commons that contained blank files of the flag of the city. I just thought an appropriate link to that flag would be helpful, -------User:DanTD (talk) 17:24, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

@DanTD: I see no indication on the city's web page that St. Augustine even has an official flag. Without a reliable source for the design/appearance and official status of a flag for the city, we cannot show one. As for the source you cited, Wikipedia does not accept blogs as reliable sources, except when produced by an established subject-matter expert (i.e., someone who an established record of publishing about the subject in reliable sources) (see Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources). As a side note, there are people out there that have created unofficial designs for flags for political entities that do not have a flag, and then uploaded them to Commons, so even if you find a flag for a political entity on Commons (or anywhere else), it may be a hoax. - Donald Albury 17:41, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

So the Flags of the World website is merely considered a blog? ---------User:DanTD (talk) 18:04, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

@DanTD: It is a group blog. See the Wikipedia article, Flags of the World (website), and particularly the "Disclaimer" section. - Donald Albury 18:16, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Okay, you have a point. But what if I found other sources confirming that this is the flag? ---------User:DanTD (talk) 18:38, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

They need to be reputable sources. Donald Albury 20:20, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

So, Wayfinder isn't reputable even if it shows the actual photograph? That doesn't leave too many options, other than driving to St. Augustine and seeking out an actual city flag for a photograph. I guess I'll have to make sure they've recovered from Hurricane Ian before I can do that. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 22:52, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

@DanTD: I have opened a discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Waymarking on whether waymarking.com is a reliable source for the flag of St. Augustine. - Donald Albury 23:28, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

I hope Donald doesn't mind if I interject here. I don't think Waymarking is a reliable source, per WP:USERGENERATED, because the content is user-created. People who want to add unsourced or improperly sourced information on WP cause endless hassles. I have a particular interest in the city of St. Augustine because I've lived there or at the beach since 1965. I called City Hall to ask about a city flag and the person I spoke to did her best to help me. She said there is indeed an official flag of St. Augustine, but that there is no mention of it on the city website.

She referred me to Resolution number 1632 of the city to adopt an official flag, introduced by a city commissioner whose name she gave me (I had her repeat it), but I can find no mention online of the resolution or of the commissioner she named, which doesn't seem right. He's not on the list of the present commissioners, so I don't know about that. I asked if it would be possible to add information about the flag to the city's website, and she said she'd see what she could do. Carlstak (talk) 23:47, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Any word?

Any word from your family or friends in Cape Coral? Carlstak (talk) 23:30, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

@Carlstak: Everyone is safe. My aunt is at her grandson's because her unit had no power or water. - Donald Albury 23:43, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

That's good news. Hope your aunt gets her power and water back soon. Carlstak (talk) 00:06, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

I just read that 98% of Cape Coral's power structure was obliterated and will need complete reconstruction. That is truly awful. Carlstak (talk) 12:16, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

My cousin and her husband, who live on the north side of Cape Coral, evacuated to North Carolina, but haven't been able to return home because of blocked roads. Word is that flood waters knocked down the doors to the house, and they may need a new floor. We just had a family party at my aunt's house in Cape Coral a couple of weeks ago. She had sold it and moved out of it three days later. - Donald Albury 01:05, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

I don't think "lucky" would be the right word, but your cousin and her husband were fortunate that their house wasn't destroyed, and wow, that was good timing on your aunt's part. I'm glad they're okay. If it looks like we're going to get a direct hit by a hurricane in the future, I will definitely leave the island; it's just too vulnerable, and seeing the pictures of the devastation in SW Florida really drove that home anew. Carlstak (talk) 02:09, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

I have great respect for hurricanes. The eye of Wilma passed over us in 2005. My wife and I spent a half-hour leaning against our front door because we were afraid it might blow in. And that was a low Cat-3 or high Cat-2 at the time. I heard stories from both of my parents about bad storms. My father was trapped outside when he went out into the eye of the 1926 Miami hurricane. Donald Albury 12:59, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Re. Your resignation

I wanted to say thank you for your service. I voted for you in the last election, and never once did I feel that my vote was misplaced; however, I also understand why you feel that resigning one year early is the most prudent course for you to take, and I respect your decision. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.

I know you still have a couple months left on the committee, but I still wanted to wish you luck with all of your future endeavors, and I look forward to seeing you around in the years to come. Kurtis ^(talk) 19:15, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

• I'd like to chime in here and thank you for offering to serve, plus especially thank you for acknowledging the need to resign at this particular time, if such is true. I respect you more for moving forward, not less for resigning. You are admired and trusted; holding the seat is insignificant compared to being considered worthy of the seat, which I do and you are. BusterD (talk) 20:44, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Please provide a substantive rationale when you revert

I write to suggest that "you need to propose these changes on the talk page before implementing them," standing alone, is never a sufficient explanation for a revert. See wp:PGBOLD ("you should not remove any change solely on the grounds that there was no formal discussion indicating consensus for the change before it was made") and wp:DRNC, - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 14:42, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

@Butwhatdoiknow: I saw a very new user who had made just nine edits, six of which were to Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep. I think such an inexperienced user should be cautious about editing project documents. Donald Albury 15:34, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

I cannot dispute anything you have said here. However, I still don't know what, if anything, you thought was wrong with the edit (as opposed to the editor). - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 02:09, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

@Butwhatdoiknow: You are right, I had no specific problem with the edit. It has been a long time (something like 16 years) since I last did that sort of thing, and I knew it was outside norms. I doubt I will do that again. - Donald Albury 12:58, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for considering my concerns with an open mind. - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 15:47, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

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Removing Miami Beach Edits

I can understand you removing something because I didn't have all the citations. However on the other matter, you were going to have to accept the fact that you7 are entirely incorrect about your recent "cleansing of history." I vehemently object to removing the true history of a Sundown town, hiding and allowing a PR team to erase a legacy of racism. My sources include government documents, original newspaper articles and the research of the most prominent historians on Miami Beach. Since I was the historian of information for a decade for the largest employer, the hospital, and worked for the City was mertoritousicite three times and promoted four times, as well as when working for the hospital having been appointed to sworn positions of authority when I put back the truth you better have a darn good reason for removing it next time. I worry that you don't recognize propaganda. After studying propaganda in graduate school; perhaps, I'm better at spotting it than you. Or maybe you just don't know your of Florida at all for our coast. Because to remove what was put is to completely sanitize the truth two of her degree which makes me question whether you believe in equanimity. I won't stand for it and will appeal. The-OG-Truth (talk) 22:02, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway

Hi Donald Albury. You recently converted a text reference to use {{sfn}} in the article Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway. The reference is for "Turner 2008", but only "Turner 2003" and "Turner 2012" have cites in the article. You originally added the plain text reference in 2018, do you remember which work it should actually be pointing to? -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 11:47, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

@ActivelyDisinterested: Better yet, I have both on my shelf. I'll look at them later today to sort that out. Thanks for pointing this out. - Donald Albury 13:24, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Tallahassee climate data

Hello and good day Donald Albury, I got the Tallahassee data in question from the National Weather Service Tallahassee, which I believe was cited in the weather box as well. It is available as monthly normals (select daily/monthly normals and then monthly for Tallahassee Airport). https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=tae I believe the data I put is more reliable than the data currently on the page because it comes straight from the city's National Weather Service page, which also doesn't have the data currently on the page. ClimatologyEditor (talk) 19:43, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

@ClimatologyEditor: I'm sorry if my reversion seemed abrupt, but "Climate" sections are problematic and often subject to random unsourced changes. None of the sources cited for the climate section in the Tallahassee article were of any use to me when I tried to check them. Two of them were pages for starting searches, and the third was an unlabelled table that I could not interpret. NOAA's websites for climate data are messy. In any case, I have checked the data following your link, which, unfortunately, was not obvious to me when I looked earlier, and I have reverted myself, restoring your edit. My apologies for this mess. Donald Albury 20:39, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

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Seasons Greetings

Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, whether it's Christmas or some other festival, I hope you and those close to you have a happy, restful time! Have fun, Donner60 (talk) 00:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)}}

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Indigenity

Hello, just wanted to say thank you for your response. I was wondering if it should be mentioned regardless in terms of the importance of indigenity. 208.127.190.114 (talk) 20:28, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

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Pensacola News Journal

It is unclear to me why citations to the Pensacola News Journal, the Gainesville Sun, and the Daily Cartoonist were deemed "unreliable." - Template:Unsigned -->— Preceding unsigned comment added by Builder29 (talk • contribs) 20:47, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

@Builder29: Rick's Blog is not a reliable spource (see WP:USERGENERATED). The opinion column by Alex Andrade is an opinion piece, reliable only for attributing his own opinions to him as a source, and cannot be used to support the statement Local officials have publicly expressed concern over the paper's management decisions hurting its readership. (see WP:RSEDITORIAL). - Donald Albury 21:39, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

I agree regarding those citations you reference, and wanted to confirm that citations to the Pensacola News Journal, the Gainesville Sun, and the Daily Cartoonist were deleted because they were associated with the same entry, not because they were deemed unreliable. Builder29 (talk) 22:00, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

@Builder29: I saw that you restored content that had just been deleted because of unreliable sources, and when I looked at the content in question, I saw the unacceptable citations. Unfortunately, I did not scroll further down and missed the other part of the content. Donald Albury 22:34, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Ping

I forgot to ping you at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Summary of discussion so far.

So, this is your ping.  ;)     — The Transhumanist   01:24, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

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Untitled third The Strangers Sequel

Hi there, I was just wondering why were all references to the site IsTamaraHome.net removed from the page for the third Strangers sequel. Major details of the movie, primarily the character names, were announced and confirmed by the site through a lot of research. That site was the original source of the information which Collider then used for their article without sourcing. It's understandable that Collider is obviously a much bigger site than IsTamaraHome but it's not fair to them, as the original source, that all references to their site were removed from the page. I'm part of the small group that runs the site and it's very disheartening that all our work is being ignored especially given that no big named sites had revealed any of that and it wasn't until after we did, through our research, that Collider than posted the article. Screamfan1999 (talk) 03:48, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

@Screamfan1999: You need to discuss that article on its talk page, Talk:Untitled third The Strangers film. But first, please read Wikipedia:Reliable sources, and in particular, the section at Wikipedia:Reliable sources#Questionable and self-published sources. - Donald Albury 12:30, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Request: Would you recommend Lakeview Academy article be deleted?

@Donald Albury Hello. A year ago, I asked you about a source on a school page and whether or not is was considered "reliable." At the end of our conversation, you wrote, "While not germane to this noticeboard, I will also note that, in my opinion, the article about the school fails to meet the requirements of the general notability guideline, and might be deleted if nominated for deletion. - Donald Albury 21:48, 17 February 2022 (UTC)" A year later, the article is still very sparse. I work for the school and am hesitant to recommend the article be deleted as I do not want anyone to question it as a conflict of interest. Would you be willing to recommend the article for Lakeview Academy be deleted as it contains very little content? If not, would you be so kind as to recommend the best way for me to proceed to make the ask for deletion? Thank you for your time and efforts. Smileykaye (talk) 18:44, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

I seldom nominate articles for deletion (maybe once a year or so), and in the last few years, only for strong cases, such as hoaxes and non-existent populated places. I am therefore reluctant to nominate an article for deletion at the request of another editor. Sorry. - Donald Albury 19:15, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Seeing this request I have boldly created an AfD discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lakeview Academy. User:Smileykaye is welcome to comment and make their case for deletion there, my nomination is purely procedural. I very much appreciate how Smileykaye has fully disclosed their connection to the institution along the way. BusterD (talk) 19:42, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Spanish River High School

Hi Donald, thank you for the notice. I also want to add to the article the Shark logo that appears in the following official link: https://www.spanishriverhs.org/. Do you think that is possible under Wikipedia rules ?. Regards. Tecmo (talk) 22:16, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

@Tecmo: I am not involved with the use of logos, so I will just point you to the guidance at Wikipedia:Logos. Donald Albury 23:30, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Tecmo (talk) 23:47, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

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https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/02/16/native-american-activists-want-digging-to-stop-at-brickell-archaeological-site/ and [4] and [ User contributions for BrickellResiden]. I'm not sure if there should be something at Tequesta Indians mentioning their objections. Doug Weller talk 14:28, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I think I will stay away from that, unless it becomes a problem. Personally, I am not sure where it would fit. Donald Albury 15:01, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Agreed. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 15:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

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Port St. Lucie

If Indian River County is its own MSA and it's not part of the Port St. Lucie CSA, then Sebastian, Florida and Vero Beach are not part of the Port St. Lucie CSA, as they are the largest cities in Indian River County. The data from the two census sources appear to be confusing, as it looks like there is indeed a Port St. Lucie-Sebastian-Vero Beach area, but if so, then Indian River County is a part of that area. I partially reverted your changes but feel free to fix my edits if I made any mistakes in trying to improve the Port St. Lucie article again. LudditeOne (talk) 02:17, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

@LudditeOne: I have replied on Talk:Port St. Lucie, Florida. I'll be adding to my reply after I have had a chance to do some research. Donald Albury 14:41, 27 February 2023 (UTC)