User talk:Spencer/Archive 39
 | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
| Archive 35 | ← | Archive 37 | Archive 38 | Archive 39 | Archive 40 | Archive 41 | Archive 42 |
Please block both the account and IP address of the user , User:175.41.46.50(talk) and User:Dibosh Chakma(talk).Also please help me to semi-protect some wikipedia due to Vandalism.
Hi.Please help me! The user, User:175.41.46.50(talk) edited in Vandalism in many military articles of Myanmar(Examples: List of equipment of the Myanmar Army,Myanmar Air Force,List of equipment in the Myanmar Navy,etc).Not only Vandalism,he removed the verifiable and reliable links without giving any reason.You can search in his edited history,if you don't believe.Not only him, the user, User:Dibosh Chakma(talk) also did like the first person.Please help me to block their accounts and IP addresses for further Vandalism.
And also help me to semi-protect some wikipedia articles due to vandalism of some users.The articles,List of equipment of the Myanmar Army,Myanmar Air Force,List of equipment in the Myanmar Navy,Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries are faced with Vandalism made by some user like User:Dibosh Chakma(talk),User:175.41.46.50(talk) and some anonymous users.Please help me to semi-protect that articles with only the extended comfirmed users and administrators can edit them. Thar thar lay(military observer) (talk) 09:28, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
Sorry for my low English skill. Thar thar lay(military observer) (talk) 09:29, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Thar thar lay(military observer):, I recommend you make requests at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection to protect the pages. 175.41.46.50 is already blocked and I have also blocked User:Dibosh Chakma temporarily. Best, SpencerT•C 22:19, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
I searched and read Wikipedia:Requests for page protection article.But,I don't understand the steps to request for page protection.I saw the following two forms but I don't know what I must fill and what page do I request with one of this.
List of equipment of the Myanmar Army
Semi-protection for a year: High level of IP vandalism by many users from Bangladesh including User:Dibosh Chakma(talk) , User:175.41.46.50(talk) , etc.They removed the links which are provided in the article,removed the number without giving any reason,etc.Please protect this article. Thar thar lay(military observer) (talk) 09:13, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
The above form that I fill is an example for.Is it correct in filling?If it correct please tell me what article do I fill like that. Thar thar lay(military observer) (talk) 09:32, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
- It looks correct to me. Include links to all the articles that are affected and that you think need protection. SpencerT•C 17:21, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your helping.Now,I completely understand about the request for page protect.Have a nice day. Thar thar lay(military observer) (talk) 03:10, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Rules and conditions
Hi, I would like to ask if it is okay to edit content I find that is out of date? I went ahead and just did this with one University and will keep updating more if I find that it is acceptable. I always cite my work. Thanks in advance, RichyOrozco (talk) 23:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, that is correct. Don't forget to cite your sources, as you have already been doing with your update edits. Cheers, SpencerT•C 00:04, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
 | Hello! Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 7 December 2020. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2020 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add |
Today @ITNRD
Hi Spencer, I was debating if I should let you know of this, I went back and deleted my message. [1] But, I have been thinking that it is better to let you know. I have only respect for what you do here, but, this action of yours was in haste. It gave the impression of a 'Super Admin' vote that is more powerful than anything else. What made it even more painful was that an article right above this one (introduced much earlier) was ready for over 12 hours and had been marked as ready for a subset of that time. But, that one was ignored. Hope you will take this post of mine as constructive feedback. Wanted to get this one off my chest. Ktin (talk) 20:33, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hi @Ktin:, thank you for the message. My apologies, I was interrupted by real life happenings as I was reviewing ITN/C nominations and I had to step away from my computer. Based on previous feedback, I review noms from bottom-up to make sure there aren't older things that are being missed, and I never made it all the way up the page on ITN/C . I assure you I do my best to not ignore nominations, and I realize a lot of hard work goes into these articles. Feedback taken, but I ask you to assume good faith and realize that editors have other things going on in their lives. At the end of the day, ITN/C needs frequent admin help, and I'm sorry I can't be constantly available. Best, SpencerT•C 23:10, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
- Spencer, Thanks much Spencer. Definitely appreciate all that you do. Onwards and upwards! Ktin (talk) 23:32, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Spencer:. Thanks much for posting James Wolfensohn to WP:ITNRD. You might have inadvertently missed giving credits post the posting. Please can you go ahead and have this completed at your convenience. Ktin (talk) 19:35, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
- Spencer, Thanks much Spencer. Definitely appreciate all that you do. Onwards and upwards! Ktin (talk) 23:32, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 November 2020
- News and notes: Jimmy Wales "shouldn't be kicked out before he's ready"
- Op-Ed: Re-righting Wikipedia
- Opinion: How billionaires re-write Wikipedia
- Featured content: Frontonia sp. is thankful for delicious cyanobacteria
- Traffic report: 007 with Borat, the Queen, and an election
- News from Wiki Education: An assignment that changed a life: Kasey Baker
- GLAM plus: West Coast New Zealand's Wikipedian at Large
- Wikicup report: Lee Vilenski wins the 2020 WikiCup
- Recent research: Wikipedia's Shoah coverage succeeds where libraries fail
- Essay: Writing about women
Administrators' newsletter – December 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2020).
Administrator changes
Andrwsc • Anetode • GoldenRing • JzG • LinguistAtLarge • Nehrams2020
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- There is a request for comment in progress to either remove T3 (duplicated and hardcoded instances) as a speedy deletion criterion or eliminate its seven-day waiting period.
Technical news
- Voting for proposals in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey, which determines what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year, will take place from 8 December through 21 December. In particular, there are sections regarding administrators and anti-harassment.
Arbitration
- Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 7 December 2020 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.
All well?
Howdy! Have not seen you at WP:ITN / WP:ITNRD for sometime now. Hope all is well. Ktin (talk) 09:02, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 December 2020
- Arbitration report: 2020 election results
- Featured content: Very nearly ringing in the New Year with "Blank Space" – but we got there in time.
- Traffic report: 2020 wraps up
- Recent research: Predicting the next move in Wikipedia discussions
- Essay: Subjective importance
- Gallery: Angels in the architecture
- Humour: 'Twas the Night Before Wikimas
Happy New Year, Spencer!
Spencer,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Fylindfotberserk (talk) 08:24, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).
|
|
|
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
Hello Spencer, Just to inform you that 73.162.181.61 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is again inserting unsourced information on the Hal Moore page. You recently blocked them for a short time for the same reason and article. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 17:42, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 12:21, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 January 2021
- News and notes: 1,000,000,000 edits, board elections, virtual Wikimania 2021
- Special report: Wiki reporting on the United States insurrection
- In focus: From Anarchy to Wikiality, Glaring Bias to Good Cop: Press Coverage of Wikipedia's First Two Decades
- Technology report: The people who built Wikipedia, technically
- Videos and podcasts: Celebrating 20 years
- News from the WMF: Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free, trusted information for the world
- Recent research: Students still have a better opinion of Wikipedia than teachers
- Humour: Dr. Seuss's Guide to Wikipedia
- Featured content: New Year, same Featured Content report!
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2020
- Obituary: Flyer22 Frozen
Administrators' newsletter – February 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).
|
|
|
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
, replacing the 1932 cutoff.
- The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover
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.
- Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!
ITN recognition for Cicely Tyson
On 2 February 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Cicely Tyson, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 09:06, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
Wiki
Why did you delete my grandfathers wiki page? Ninjawhovian25 (talk) 20:16, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
A bit of an expedited request
Gina Carano needs semi-protection (longer than last time?), there's a report at RFPP but given the usual response time I figured contacting an active admin might help faster. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 04:37, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Greetings
Hi Spencer, pardon the intrusion. In your recent posting of Isadore Singer to homepage at WP:ITNRD, you might have inadvertently missed giving credits. Please can I request that at your convenience. Thanks. Ktin (talk) 00:13, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- There really should be some kind of script that allows for easy posting: between changing the header, adding a "posted" message, doing the credits and posting the item, there's inevitably some that I miss. Some kind of one-click tool (especially for RDs) would be very useful. At least now there are the easy credits posting buttons, rather than copy/pasting the template from WP:ITN! SpencerT•C 00:15, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Spencer, Spencer, I have been meaning to ask someone this one. Where can I get an introduction to scripting / bots etc.? Though I have gone away from the coding world for some years now, I still want to think that I can get my hands dirty and try something. Appreciate any leads. Ktin (talk) 00:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- I just discovered Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests and was about to make a request there. Maybe that would have more info? I'll still go ahead and make the request, but maybe others with more experience can share ideas. SpencerT•C 00:26, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Spencer, Perfect. Sounds good. This should definitely be possible. E.g. the DYK folks have some bot that goes and does that credit posting thingie. Ktin (talk) 00:27, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- There is a bot that does our talk page credits, but I wonder if the issue is somehow obtaining the info from ITN/C? SpencerT•C 00:29, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Request made at Wikipedia:User_scripts/Requests#Script_for_admins_posting_"recent_death"_items_to_Template:In_the_news. SpencerT•C 00:48, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Spencer, Perfect. Sounds good. This should definitely be possible. E.g. the DYK folks have some bot that goes and does that credit posting thingie. Ktin (talk) 00:27, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- I just discovered Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests and was about to make a request there. Maybe that would have more info? I'll still go ahead and make the request, but maybe others with more experience can share ideas. SpencerT•C 00:26, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Spencer, Spencer, I have been meaning to ask someone this one. Where can I get an introduction to scripting / bots etc.? Though I have gone away from the coding world for some years now, I still want to think that I can get my hands dirty and try something. Appreciate any leads. Ktin (talk) 00:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
Yo Ho Ho
.jpg)
Donner60 (talk) is wishing a foaming mug of Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!
Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec20}} to your friends' talk pages.
A Barnstar for You!
|
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| You have been excellent during your time fighting vandalism here, Spencer. Thank you for your work. Please keep going! KirkburnFandom (talk) 20:06, 16 February 2021 (UTC) |
You have received the 1st ever Tuckstar!
|
The Tuckstar | |
| For your glamorous work on ITN/C, anti-vandalism, and admin matters, I am proud to award you the very first Tuckstar! Thank you Spencer, you are much appreciated. Tucker Gladden 👑 05:14, 18 February 2021 (UTC) |
IP;73.162.181.61
Hello Spencer, To inform you that the IP you recently blocked 73.162.181.61 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is again adding unsourced material on the Hal Moore page. They seem to take no notice of of warnings or recent blocks. Perhaps a longer block is needed? Regards, David J Johnson (talk) 14:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Please put Rush Limbaugh back on RD
Hi, Spencer.
I don't believe you had any warrant to remove Rush Limbaugh's name from RD.
Aren't the oldest removed first?
Thanks.
--71.241.227.125 (talk) 02:48, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
PS: the discussion was about a blurb for Rush, not whether his name should be removed from RD.
PPS: there are two people listed who died on the 13th. Rush died on the 17th. Please remove one of them and put Rush back on. Aren't the ones who died earlier supposed to come off the list first?
Thanks again. I know you're busy.
--71.241.227.125 (talk) 02:59, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
- Items are no longer posted by recency, but any RD from the past 7 days can be posted, and are bumped off by newly posted items, regardless of date of death. Thus, the turnover of items at RD has drastically increased. Please review the WT:ITN archives, such as Wikipedia_talk:In_the_news/Archive_81#RD_turnover, for changes that were made late last year regarding the posting process. The most recent discussion regarding this can be found here: Wikipedia_talk:In_the_news#recent-deaths_Limited-time_Experiment_Requested. Regards, SpencerT•C 04:14, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you again, Spencer. I guess I don't understand the process. It seems a little too random to me. --71.241.227.125 (talk) 02:52, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- I guess I answered the "why" without answering the "how". That information can be found here: Wikipedia:In_the_news/Recent_deaths#Procedure (This is more admin instructions, but if you wanted further info). For the background discussion, I think this is the oldest discussion in the archives: Wikipedia_talk:In_the_news/Archive_80#Proposed_change:_RDs_roll_off_in_the_order_they_are_posted. Hope this provides some additional information. SpencerT•C 17:35, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you again, Spencer. I guess I don't understand the process. It seems a little too random to me. --71.241.227.125 (talk) 02:52, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
News Blurb
I think they wanted List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church pipe linked as the article with Serbian Orthodox Church being the link name, instead of general Serbian Orthodox Church to specify the subject matter. Also I think the mars picture seemed mmore prevalent and should be listed first I would think?OyMosby (talk) 14:50, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- I wasn't involved with the posting of this item. Typically WP:ERRORS or WP:ITN/C is the best place to bring up this type of issue, since I'm not very familiar with the current discussions. For images, typically the image of the most recently posted (top item on the template) is used to reduce confusion. SpencerT•C 17:37, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- Gotcha! New to the whole front page news cycle. Do you know how often it cycles new events?OyMosby (talk) 18:08, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- It honestly really varies. When there are a lot of items (e.g. Nobel Prize postings), it goes quite quickly. Other times, items can stay up for a couple of weeks (but that tends to be rarer). SpencerT•C 18:17, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- I see you got involved now though.... It seems people were in favor of the NASA image but you changed it? I get your logic of newest news being pictured but should global weight be taken into account? Mind you I was a strong proponent of the new Patriarch being included on the page. The Image seems a bit far. Especially it being an old image from 2012. Anayway thw news will probably change today.OyMosby (talk) 16:08, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
- It honestly really varies. When there are a lot of items (e.g. Nobel Prize postings), it goes quite quickly. Other times, items can stay up for a couple of weeks (but that tends to be rarer). SpencerT•C 18:17, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- Gotcha! New to the whole front page news cycle. Do you know how often it cycles new events?OyMosby (talk) 18:08, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 February 2021
- News and notes: Maher stepping down
- Disinformation report: A "billionaire battle" on Wikipedia: Sex, lies, and video
- In the media: Corporate influence at OSM, Fox watching the hen house
- News from the WMF: Who tells your story on Wikipedia
- Featured content: A Love of Knowledge, for Valentine's Day
- Traffic report: Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
- Gallery: What is Black history and culture?