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Administrators' newsletter – January 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
- A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
- Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.
Arbitration
- The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being
the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted
rather thanreasonably construed
. - Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.
- The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being
Miscellaneous
- This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!
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The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020
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Books & Bytes – Issue 37
The Wikipedia Library
Books & Bytes
Issue 37, November – December 2019
- #1Lib1Ref
- Wikimedia and Libraries User Group
On behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:10, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
- The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with
wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input
. No proposed process received consensus.
Technical news
- Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
- When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [1]
Arbitration
- Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators
that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.
- Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!
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hi Nigel
This is Namrata-very thankful to you --Namgan1978 (talk) 16:15, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Mary Ann Mansel - family letters
Please would you take a look at my query here Talk:Mary_Ann_Mansel#The_21_family_letters_written_to_Herbert_Mansel_by_members_of_his_family? Arbil44 (talk) 13:54, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
I have created a map which I would like to upload to my userpage - entitled - "Our Asgill Road Trip 13-31 May 2019 created with primap.com". Is that software, primap.com copyright-free? - it indicates it is on its website. May I use this map please? Thanks. Arbil44 (talk) 14:07, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
- Replied at your own talk page. Nthep (talk) 17:04, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
- I'm in trouble - please help at my talk page. Arbil44 (talk) 12:27, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- A rather exciting development! Please see Mary Ann's talk page, where I have asked you a question. Arbil44 (talk) 23:55, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- Still hoping for your thoughts on the Mansel letters Nthep (please tell me where I stand because all the groundwork has been done for some time now), but now I have another query too. If I cannot get copyright permission to publish a 1996 map (and I have a feeling now that I won't - I can explain more if you wish) am I permitted to draw this map myself and then use it? See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sir_Charles_Asgill,_2nd_Baronet#Summit_New_Jersey,_by_Edmund_B._Raftis Arbil44 (talk) 09:40, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
- Nthep, I am completely out of my depth and being threatened with banning here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#Summit_New_Jersey%2C_by_Edmund_B._Raftis All I am asking for is clear guidance which (with my lack of IT skills) is easy to understand. I am on the point of not giving a damn whether I improve the Asgill page by showing where Timothy Day's Tavern was located. Easy to tear up my work from yesterday if that resolves the issue. How my long dead father is compromising my account is a total mystery.Arbil44 (talk) 12:24, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
- Nthep, I am on the point of another meltdown and would be so grateful if you could join the discussion here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#21_Mansel_Family_Letters_written_to_Herbert_Mansel_between_1819-1835 where I have been told to unlink the Mansel letters. I have been trying to depart from Wikipedia since 1.10.19 but still haven't quite finished my work here. I just want to finish and leave. It is so difficult when one is IT illiterate and I have even messed up the link to yessterday's map on my userpage (with a link to Dayton) and unable to insert an 07 - could you please please help me there too? Arbil44 (talk) 09:13, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
- Nthep, I am completely out of my depth and being threatened with banning here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#Summit_New_Jersey%2C_by_Edmund_B._Raftis All I am asking for is clear guidance which (with my lack of IT skills) is easy to understand. I am on the point of not giving a damn whether I improve the Asgill page by showing where Timothy Day's Tavern was located. Easy to tear up my work from yesterday if that resolves the issue. How my long dead father is compromising my account is a total mystery.Arbil44 (talk) 12:24, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
- Still hoping for your thoughts on the Mansel letters Nthep (please tell me where I stand because all the groundwork has been done for some time now), but now I have another query too. If I cannot get copyright permission to publish a 1996 map (and I have a feeling now that I won't - I can explain more if you wish) am I permitted to draw this map myself and then use it? See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sir_Charles_Asgill,_2nd_Baronet#Summit_New_Jersey,_by_Edmund_B._Raftis Arbil44 (talk) 09:40, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
- A rather exciting development! Please see Mary Ann's talk page, where I have asked you a question. Arbil44 (talk) 23:55, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- I'm in trouble - please help at my talk page. Arbil44 (talk) 12:27, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Sandboxes
Thank you for your help Nthep. That's really useful Karen at Uni of Leeds (talk) 09:00, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Request to add Emily as facilitator to Leeds Wikithon?
Hi Nthep! Just wondering if you might be able to add User:Emily.f.rees to the Leeds Electrifying Women Wikithon Dashboard page as a facilitator please? Then she'll be able to look at her "students'" stats from across all the events more easily in one place and reporting of the metrics will be a little easier. Zeromonk (talk) 09:52, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020
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March Madness 2020
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops
must not
undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather thanshould not
. - A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.
- Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops
Technical news
- Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.
Miscellaneous
- Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
- The 2020 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Ajraddatz and Uzoma Ozurumba; they will serve for one year.
Tivoli station
Reference [1] is coming up as "not found on this server". Is the url correct? Mjroots (talk) 04:22, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Nthep: could you take a look at the Championship (rugby league) table and possibly fix it?
I don't understand this OT_win/loss points system, as I've never seen it like this before.
I'm not sure why, but it's showing Oldham and Batley have played 5, but they haven't, they have only played 4.
I've added the points to both teams OT yet it's showing Oldham on 4 points, and batley on 3.
It's really confusing as to how to add points.
Thanks L1amw90 (talk) 02:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- @L1amw90:
just treat the OT columns as if it was a draw between the two clubs but one team gets a winning draw, the other a losing draw. What you have done is to give Oldham a win AND a winning draw, and Batley a loss AND a losing draw. Nthep (talk) 10:19, 2 March 2020 (UTC) - Now the template has been changed just give a win to the team that wins after gp and a loss to the other team but add one to the
|adjust_pointsparameter for the losing team. Only use the draws column if gp doesn't settle it. Nthep (talk) 17:40, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020
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Rugby league rivalry and record pages
You can feel free to discard this message, however I was wondering if you'd like to collaborate on making a list of various national team's records (like List of Australia national rugby league team records) and international rivalry pages (like New Zealand vs Tonga in rugby league)? WDM10 (talk) 21:36, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!
Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 00:10, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.
Technical news
- There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback.
Arbitration
- Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold a
Arbcom RfC regarding on-wiki harassment
. A draft RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft) and not open to comments from the community yet. Interested editors can comment on the RfC itself on its talk page.
- Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold a
Miscellaneous
- The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.