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Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- Speedy deletion criterion T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment.
Technical news
- You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time.
Arbitration
- By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized
for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes)
. The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason). - Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, BDD, Bradv, CaptainEek, L235, Maxim, Primefac.
- By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized
DYK for Andy Lamey
On 20 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andy Lamey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the philosopher Andy Lamey challenges "new omnivorism", according to which it is permissible to eat animals even if they have moral status? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andy Lamey. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Andy Lamey), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Eva Haifa Giraud
On 25 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eva Haifa Giraud, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that by paying attention to mundane decision-making among activists, the critical theorist Eva Haifa Giraud troubles the notion of staying with the trouble? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eva Haifa Giraud. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Eva Haifa Giraud), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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DYK for Cortinarius ainsworthii
On 31 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cortinarius ainsworthii, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that among Kew's highlights of species described in 2020 were six British webcaps: Cortinarius ainsworthii (example pictured), C. heatherae, C. britannicus, C. scoticus, C. aurae, and C. subsaniosus? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cortinarius ainsworthii. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cortinarius ainsworthii), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
DYK for Cortinarius heatherae
On 31 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cortinarius heatherae, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that among Kew's highlights of species described in 2020 were six British webcaps: Cortinarius ainsworthii (example pictured), C. heatherae, C. britannicus, C. scoticus, C. aurae, and C. subsaniosus? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cortinarius heatherae), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
DYK for Cortinarius britannicus
On 31 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cortinarius britannicus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that among Kew's highlights of species described in 2020 were six British webcaps: Cortinarius ainsworthii (example pictured), C. heatherae, C. britannicus, C. scoticus, C. aurae, and C. subsaniosus? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cortinarius britannicus), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
DYK for Cortinarius scoticus
On 31 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cortinarius scoticus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that among Kew's highlights of species described in 2020 were six British webcaps: Cortinarius ainsworthii (example pictured), C. heatherae, C. britannicus, C. scoticus, C. aurae, and C. subsaniosus? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cortinarius scoticus), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
DYK for Cortinarius aurae
On 31 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cortinarius aurae, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that among Kew's highlights of species described in 2020 were six British webcaps: Cortinarius ainsworthii (example pictured), C. heatherae, C. britannicus, C. scoticus, C. aurae, and C. subsaniosus? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cortinarius aurae), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
DYK for Cortinarius subsaniosus
On 31 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cortinarius subsaniosus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that among Kew's highlights of species described in 2020 were six British webcaps: Cortinarius ainsworthii (example pictured), C. heatherae, C. britannicus, C. scoticus, C. aurae, and C. subsaniosus? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cortinarius subsaniosus), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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Administrators' newsletter – February 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).
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Arbitration
- The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover
post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people
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Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
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Would you have the time to read-through Pueblo pottery?
Hello, it's Netherzone "calling". I've worked on refining the Pueblo pottery article, and am really pleased that it ran as a DYK! Some weeks ago when you were helping me to understand image fair-use policies, that you thought it might have potential as a "good article." I am wondering if you might have some time to read through the article, now that it is all cleaned up and in pretty good shape. I'd appreciate other eyes to point out any rough spots or problem areas. Only if you have the time and interest, of course. I've never tried for GA-status, and I'll read up on how the process/procedure works. Best to you and thanks again for your patient mentoring re: the photos. Netherzone (talk) 15:56, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Netherzone: Yes, I'd be happy to take a look, but I can't promise that it will be very soon. Straight off the bat, I'd say that it's a little over-illustrated; you may want to think about trimming some superfluous images, and thinking about how to display the others -- template:Multipleimages or the use of tables (perhaps appropriate for the "styles" list?) may be worth thinking about. The lead also looks a little short; per WP:LEADLENGTH, it should probably be about three times the size! Josh Milburn (talk) 16:32, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the quick response. I appreciate this feedback and will read up on the links above and consider making changes to the lead and trimming the photos. I wanted to represent many of the pueblos, as their work is all distinct; each pueblo has specific styles and designs. However, I went overboard on including many examples of the older Mimbres "zig-zag" black-on-white pottery - mainly because it is so mesmerizing to look at. Each image I found was more marvelous than the one before! Thanks again for your help, Netherzone (talk) 16:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Would you have the time to read-through Pueblo pottery?
Hello, it's Netherzone "calling". I've worked on refining the Pueblo pottery article, and am really pleased that it ran as a DYK! Some weeks ago when you were helping me to understand image fair-use policies, that you thought it might have potential as a "good article." I am wondering if you might have some time to read through the article, now that it is all cleaned up and in pretty good shape. I'd appreciate other eyes to point out any rough spots or problem areas. Only if you have the time and interest, of course. I've never tried for GA-status, and I'll read up on how the process/procedure works. Best to you and thanks again for your patient mentoring re: the photos. Netherzone (talk) 15:56, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Netherzone: Yes, I'd be happy to take a look, but I can't promise that it will be very soon. Straight off the bat, I'd say that it's a little over-illustrated; you may want to think about trimming some superfluous images, and thinking about how to display the others -- template:Multipleimages or the use of tables (perhaps appropriate for the "styles" list?) may be worth thinking about. The lead also looks a little short; per WP:LEADLENGTH, it should probably be about three times the size! Josh Milburn (talk) 16:32, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the quick response. I appreciate this feedback and will read up on the links above and consider making changes to the lead and trimming the photos. I wanted to represent many of the pueblos, as their work is all distinct; each pueblo has specific styles and designs. However, I went overboard on including many examples of the older Mimbres "zig-zag" black-on-white pottery - mainly because it is so mesmerizing to look at. Each image I found was more marvelous than the one before! Thanks again for your help, Netherzone (talk) 16:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Would you have the time to read-through Pueblo pottery?
Hello, it's Netherzone "calling". I've worked on refining the Pueblo pottery article, and am really pleased that it ran as a DYK! Some weeks ago when you were helping me to understand image fair-use policies, that you thought it might have potential as a "good article." I am wondering if you might have some time to read through the article, now that it is all cleaned up and in pretty good shape. I'd appreciate other eyes to point out any rough spots or problem areas. Only if you have the time and interest, of course. I've never tried for GA-status, and I'll read up on how the process/procedure works. Best to you and thanks again for your patient mentoring re: the photos. Netherzone (talk) 15:56, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Netherzone: Yes, I'd be happy to take a look, but I can't promise that it will be very soon. Straight off the bat, I'd say that it's a little over-illustrated; you may want to think about trimming some superfluous images, and thinking about how to display the others -- template:Multipleimages or the use of tables (perhaps appropriate for the "styles" list?) may be worth thinking about. The lead also looks a little short; per WP:LEADLENGTH, it should probably be about three times the size! Josh Milburn (talk) 16:32, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the quick response. I appreciate this feedback and will read up on the links above and consider making changes to the lead and trimming the photos. I wanted to represent many of the pueblos, as their work is all distinct; each pueblo has specific styles and designs. However, I went overboard on including many examples of the older Mimbres "zig-zag" black-on-white pottery - mainly because it is so mesmerizing to look at. Each image I found was more marvelous than the one before! Thanks again for your help, Netherzone (talk) 16:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- Adding a comment here so that it is not archived. I will get to this... Josh Milburn (talk) 08:26, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
infobox for essays and articles
Hi. What do you think about creating an infobox for essays (writings shorter than books or unpublished)? I think it is necessary for articles in the Category:essays, and particularly philosophy essays like Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment? or On Denoting. Ali Pirhayati (talk) 09:34, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Pirhayati: It doesn't sound like a bad idea. I checked a few other "essay" articles (What is it like to be a bat, On Denoting, and Famine, Affluence, and Morality) and was surprised to see that none of them have infoboxes. I suppose part of the trouble is drawing a line between an "essay" and a book. I'm imagining an infobox for specific journal articles; you're perhaps imagining something a bit broader. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:38, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- No, I'm exactly thinking about the writings which are published in journals or as part of books. I think essays can be somehow divided into books and articles/papers (writings which are not published as a whole book). Now we have book infoboxes for the first category; we need an infobox for the second category. Ali Pirhayati (talk) 07:55, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
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March 2021 at Women in Red
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
- A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
- A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the
delete-redirectuserright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect. - A request for comment asks if sysops may
place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions
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Technical news
- When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
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- There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (phab:T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (phab:T275322).
Arbitration
- By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions
authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people.
Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions. - The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for
the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed
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- By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions
Miscellaneous
- Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.
WikiCup 2021 March newsletter
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
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Happy First Edit Day!
Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 11:54, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
Hey Josh, long time no chat. I thought I'd ask if you might be interested in taking a look at this FAC nomination, which could use a set of experienced eyes. It's an interesting little article on this barrister-cum-Old English scholar, I think; if you disagree, it at least offers a useful tutorial on how to dupe the curators of the British Library. But at any rate, no worries if you've got other things on your plate. Cheers, --Usernameunique (talk) 07:50, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Usernameunique: Thanks for the note; very interested! Hoping to have some time for Wikipedia next week. Josh Milburn (talk) 08:30, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, Josh. Glad to hear it, and appreciate you seeing if you have time. --Usernameunique (talk) 05:28, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Morgul albums
A tag has been placed on Category:Morgul albums requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 14:49, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Uncle Slam albums
A tag has been placed on Category:Uncle Slam albums requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 17:50, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
Hey Josh, long time no chat. I thought I'd ask if you might be interested in taking a look at this FAC nomination, which could use a set of experienced eyes. It's an interesting little article on this barrister-cum-Old English scholar, I think; if you disagree, it at least offers a useful tutorial on how to dupe the curators of the British Library. But at any rate, no worries if you've got other things on your plate. Cheers, --Usernameunique (talk) 07:50, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Usernameunique: Thanks for the note; very interested! Hoping to have some time for Wikipedia next week. Josh Milburn (talk) 08:30, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, Josh. Glad to hear it, and appreciate you seeing if you have time. --Usernameunique (talk) 05:28, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- Unarchiving... Josh Milburn (talk) 18:55, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, Josh. Glad to hear it, and appreciate you seeing if you have time. --Usernameunique (talk) 05:28, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Begotten
Hello J Milburn, It has been a while since we last talked. In between that I renominated the Begotten article for FA status, but it failed to pass yet again due to not enough reviews and questions in regards to the sources used. I am just wondering if you are willing to work with me on coming up with an appropriate defense for all the sources that are cited in the article?--Paleface Jack (talk) 19:03, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Paleface Jack: Hi, thanks for the message. I don't have as much time for Wikipedia these days as I used to, so I can't make any promises. I remember that concerns about reliable source was something I noticed when I first read the article, so I'd be looking to remove/replace those borderline sources where possible rather than focussing on having a good defence for them being present. But that's just my first instinct; I may be able too drop by for a closer look at some point. Josh Milburn (talk) 19:07, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 March 2021
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).
Administrator changes
Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
- Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the
delete-redirectuserright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.
Technical news
- When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
- Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)
Arbitration
- A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!
Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 19:57, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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- From the editor: A change is gonna come
- Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
- In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
- Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
- Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
- Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
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WikiCup 2021 May newsletter
The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in Round 2 were:
- The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
- Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
- Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
- Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
- Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
- Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.- Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.
Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 April 2021
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- Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
- The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.
Technical news
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Arbitration
- The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.
Request for peer review help
Hello again! Apologies for this super random message. I hope you are doing well and staying safe. I was wondering if you could possibly help with my current peer review for the Veronica Clare article. I know that you are on a wikibreak, but since you did the GAN review, I thought it would be best to reach out to you about the peer review as well.
I have done a rather substantial rewrite of the article, mostly incorporating information from newspaper articles from Newspapers.com as well as scholarly articles. I completely understand if you do not have the time or would just prefer not to participate in the peer review. I completely understand the importance of wikibreaks. I am actually taking a step back from Wikipedia myself and will leave the peer review open for at least a month to try to make the most of that process. Either way, I hope you are having a great day (or night depending on when you read this). Aoba47 (talk) 02:17, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Aoba47: Sorry, I'm not really around right now. If I do drop in, though, picking up a few reviews will probably be something I'll do! Glad to see you have some comments on the peer review. I note that your Richmond and Mann bibliography entries don't have any footnotes pointing to them, so they'd be worth adding. Josh Milburn (talk) 18:19, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- No worries, and do not feel pressured to do a review for this. You have already helped a lot with this article. Thank you for pointing out that those two citations are not currently being used in the article. I am not sure how that happened, but they probably just got lost in the shuffle of everything. I will look through them in the near future and add anything noteworthy from them. Have a great start to your weekend! Aoba47 (talk) 21:21, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Spurred me on a bit.....
A few of these Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:40, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Casliber: That's great to see! I recently finished Merlin Sheldrake's popular book on fungi, which was great fun. And Esculenta's articles on lichenologists were suitably inspiring. I don't have much time for Wikipedia right now, but I'd certainly like to dip my toe back into some mycology before long... Josh Milburn (talk) 18:24, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- That book looks interesting. BTW this came out in 2019, which led me to do [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inocybaceae&diff=prev&oldid=1022954443 this...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:41, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Another Request for peer review help
Hi J Milbourne. I hope you are doing well and staying safe during these times! Apologize to bother and posting a random request. I have just started to work on a stub (Fontainea Venosa)and had added some sections. Knowing your expertise, I would love if you can help me to review and left a comment on what I can do to improve my edits. I hope that this is okay, but no pressure if you are busy. That is completely fine and understandable :) Hope to hear from you soon. The article is Fontainea Venosa
Thank you so much :) Sparklingkull (talk) 02:03, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
- Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.
Technical news
- Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.
Arbitration
- After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.
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WikiCup 2021 July newsletter
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:
- The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
- Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
- Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
- Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
- Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.
In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).
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Guideline and policy news
- Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
- An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.
Technical news
- IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.
Arbitration
- The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.
Good topic removal nomination of Inside No. 9
With regret, I've nominated the good topic Inside No. 9 for removal here as it's missing episode articles for the most recent three series. Thanks for all your hard work on the subject area. Feel free to leave a comment. — Bilorv (talk) 15:48, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Bilorv: Fair enough -- thanks for letting me know! Josh Milburn (talk) 13:28, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Pulse of the Earth for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pulse of the Earth until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Hungry Lucy albums
A tag has been placed on Category:Hungry Lucy albums indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 15:58, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 July 2021
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).
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Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.
Technical news
- Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)
Arbitration
- Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.
Miscellaneous
- You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.
September 2021 at Women in Red
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:The Fading albums
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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, 
The Rambling Man and 
Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being 
Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are .svg){kind=small}
Gog the Mild, 
Lee Vilenski, 
BennyOnTheLoose, 
Amakuru and 
Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.
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Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
- A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
- A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
- A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.
Technical news
- The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.
Arbitration
- A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.
Miscellaneous
- The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.
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- In the media: The future of Wikipedia
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
- Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.
Technical news
- DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.
Arbitration
- A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
- Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
- The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.
Miscellaneous
- Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
- The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).
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- Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.
Technical news
- Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.
Arbitration
- GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.
Miscellaneous
- The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.
WikiCup 2021 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:
- The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
- Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
- Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
- Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
- BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
- Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
- Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points
All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.
- The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
- Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
- Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
- The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
- The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
- Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
- Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.
If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2022 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. (T284642)
- The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. (T293866)
Arbitration
- Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).
- The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent.
Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)