User talk:Cabayi/Archive 9

January - December 2023

name

Hi, I want you to change my name to Mamozk, because I would like to contribute to Wikipedia under that new name. thank you Ferhad Mamosk (talk) 15:50, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

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Happy New Year!

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hey

i ned help. my notifications bell says i have a message, but when i click there is no new notifications. please help. sorry for bad grammar and spelling because im in a hurry

Justyouraveragelechuga ^talk 21:31, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Justyouraveragelechuga Try reloading the page or going to Special:Notifications to confirm. (talk page stalker) Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 22:38, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Justyouraveragelechuga, did Sungodtemple's suggestion solve your problem? Cabayi (talk) 16:58, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Cabayi No --Justyouraveragelechuga ^talk 22:13, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

@Justyouraveragelechuga: Hi. Does this issue occur on mobile, or computer? I have faced similar issue on older mobile browsers. If Sungodtemple's suggestion didn't work, then I recommend posting your question at WP:VPT, with details of your device (mobile/computer), operating system, and browser. —usernamekiran (talk) 22:50, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

usernamekiran It occurs on mobile --Justyouraveragelechuga ^talk 23:20, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Justyouraveragelechuga, the rendering of alerts/notifications/editnotices on other platforms has long been a poorer quality implementation than on the desktop browser version, WP:THEYCANTHEARYOU. I'd love to have some good advice for you, but I don't use the other interfaces. usernamekiran's advice to ask at WP:VPT is probably going to be your best hope of finding an answer. Cabayi (talk) 11:11, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Cabayi I fixed it. It was a notification from another wiki that I accidently went to, and that prompted the "welcome" message. Justyouraveragelechuga ^talk 12:39, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

RFA

Could you comment on my RFA? Justyouraveragelechuga ^talk 02:39, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Moneytrees gave you good advice and it was the sensible choice to delete the RfA. The reputational damage from gaming the extended confirmed permission will linger. Sadly, that's something that can't be undone. Cabayi (talk) 09:44, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:Usman Kabiru Madaki

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. A tag has been placed on User talk:Usman Kabiru Madaki requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

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rsjaffe, Anthony Bradbury, there were entries on that user talk page prior to the user's self promotion, including a suspicion of sockpuppetry. Per WP:DELTALK the self-promotion should have been reverted rather than the page deleted. Cabayi (talk) 09:41, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

User:Australianblackbelt

Hi Cabayi. You indef'd Australianblackbelt a few weeks back and I think they might be back as Hanshi1953. It could be just a coincidence, but the latter account was created post block and it's pretty much an SPA that is only editing AMAA Who's Who in the Martial Arts Hall of Fame (an article created by Australianblackbelt). Anyway, I was wondering if you could take a look at this a see if any further action (e.g. an SPI) is warranted. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:36, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for flagging your concerns Marchjuly. Hanshi1953's account was created nearly 3 years ago, Hanshi is also struggling with wikilinks, external links, and WP:ELNO which weren't afaik problems Australianblackbelt had. It doesn't look like sockpuppetry to me. If I were you I'd welcome Hanshi and give some pointers on linking. Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 10:09, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

OK. I was going by the contributions history and assumed that the first edit made on January 23 was when the account was created. My bad. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:36, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you for remembering. Cabayi (talk) 08:46, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

Thanks for the quick rename!

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Rename Request

Hello, Cabayi,

I believe you are a global renamer. User:Zorawar Singh (Jump Rope Expert) is an editor who is blocked because they chose their username based on the article subject they wanted to write about. They have selected a new username but I don't know how to get the attention of a renamer so I'm posting about it here on your user page. I see they requested this change in March but without posting a new unblock request so I hope you have a few minutes to look into this. Thanks for any help you can provide. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:21, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi Liz. This user has made 3 requests on the global queue. The first two were for variations on Zorawar Singh; the third was for a real name. The realname requested on meta is nowhere near the name being requested on their user talk which they also assert is their real name. I have no AGF left for this user. Cabayi (talk) 07:28, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you so much for your outstanding work as a VRT agent. It’s a thankless job, and I wanted to let you know that your work is appreciated. Thanks for providing our customers with helpful and kind responses! - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, very kind. Cabayi (talk) 11:08, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

User talk:CaptainsGroup

You may wish to revoke TPA. Cahk (talk) 09:11, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. It's like you read my mind. Cabayi (talk) 09:19, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

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Question how long do I have to wait until I can change my username again?

Good morning @Cabayi, I have a question how long do I have to wait to change my username again because I noticed that I misspelled "researcher," and I feel embarrassed about it. TheWxReseacher (talk) 11:20, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

@Cabayi Thanks for correcting my mistake, cheers. TheWxResearcher (talk) 11:53, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

You're welcome. Cabayi (talk) 11:54, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Vernon Ross

Hello, Text of Who's Who entry.

Ross, Ven. Vernon unlocked

https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U288966 Published online: 01 December 2017 This version: 01 December 2022

Born Willesden 13 April 1957; s of Jack Ross and Margarette Ross; m 1980, Susan Francesca; two s

Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness, since 2017 Education

St John the Baptist Primary Sch., Findon; St Andrews C of E Secondary Modern Sch., Worthing; Portsmouth Poly. (BSc Hons Biol. 1979); Royal Naval and SE Hants Sch. of Nursing, Portsmouth (RGN 1986); Trinity Coll., Bristol (DipHE; PGCTh); York St John’s Univ. (MA Theology 2013) Career

Staff Nurse, St Mary’s Hosp., Portsmouth, 1986–87; Research Nurse, Countess Mountbatten Hospice, Southampton, 1987–89; ordained deacon, 1991, priest, 1992; Curate, St John’s, Fareham, 1991–94; Priest-in-charge, Witheridge Benefice, 1994–2000; Team Rector, Barnstaple, 2000–08; Priest-in-charge, Fyfield Benefice, 2008–16; Mission and Ministry Advr, Barking Episcopal Area, 2012–17 Recreations

walking, photography, current affairs, time with family and friends Address

The Vicarage, Windermere Road, Lindale, Grange over Sands, Cumbria LA11 6LB

Keith D (talk) 11:19, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Keith D. Cabayi (talk) 11:56, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

User rename of Bmwmoa to T2moyer

I had them blocked. I've posted a note on their talk about appealing the block with the "plain" form of the template instead of the name-change form, now that you've performed the name change. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:41, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Normally I'd have followed the rename of a softblocked user with an unblock and pinged you but I got called away. I'm glad my mistake worked out to your preference in this case. Cabayi (talk) 17:05, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

XD No worries. :) - UtherSRG (talk) 17:08, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Gilchristcollection

This is distinctly embarrassing. I have enough experience to know that for an editor with that kind of username I need to looķ at the references as well as the body of their edits, and I really can't imagine why I didn't. 😳 Thanks for your explanation. JBW (talk) 11:58, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thank you so much for helping me with the name change and moving all of those pages! Best wishes to you!!! GloryRoad66 (talk) 07:02, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Let me know if I need to create a doppelganger account for my old name, so that no one else uses it. I'm hoping we don't have to do that anymore. Thanks, GloryRoad66 (talk) 07:45, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

"need to"... if you want to prevent the account being recreated, and you fear the loss of the redirects from your former user & user talk pages, then yes. With over 10,000 talk page edits, and the corresponding number of signatures, it may be advisable. I have done so on my previous accounts. Happy editing, Cabayi (talk) 08:08, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

I'll create one. Thanks. GloryRoad66 (talk) 08:15, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

When I tried to create the doppelganger, it didn't let me, saying the name I was trying to use (my old name) is too similar to GloryRoad66. So, I guess that is a good thing. I'm guessing that the similarity between my old name and new name will prevent people from trying to create a new account with the old name. Thanks. GloryRoad66 (talk) 15:47, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Years ago there was nothing to prevent someone creating an account that reused the name of a renamed account, but if I'm not mistaken the software no longer allows that. JBW (talk) 12:04, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Username redirect

Hello Cabayi, Thanks for the username change, so is it safe to redirect my previous user page to my current one as the talk pages are linked? dxneo (talk) 15:09, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi dxneo, I've seen a few ways of handling it ; creating a placeholder user page ; creating a redirect user page ; creating a doppelganger user account ; or just leaving it be. I've created doppelgangers with placeholders on my previous accounts, User:Bazj [ca] & User:For (;;) [ca]. Having a doppelganger account prevents anybody from squatting on your previous username and also helps safeguard your placeholders & redirects being deleted as {{db-u2}}. Cabayi (talk) 15:34, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

User:CherryBot

at this moment, I don't particularly follow on the block -- other accounts on WP:BRFA that are currently awaiting approval haven't been blocked in this way and I'm not particularly sure why mine was since I didn't make any automated edits or otherwise cause a scene in any way. —darling (talk) 11:48, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

I came at it from a WP:UAA report and viewed it in that context. I have been steered right and lifted your bot's block. You have my apologies. Cabayi (talk) 13:05, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

no harm done. thank you very much, and have a good day! —darling (talk) 13:09, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

For what it's worth

They present as different ages, even as holding different views, and as not knowing each other previously. Nonetheless, they are each doing battle about an SPI in which they were both cleared. They each attack the reporting editor. Your display of good faith is exemplary. I expect it is justified. I'm taking them at face value, though it takes determination to do so. I think all they have each done is been coincidentally similar, sufficient for the reporting editor other quacking, and then reinforced each other's righteous indignation. I continue to be pleased I have taken the decision not to seek to acquire the keys to the janitorial supplies cupboard. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 22:21, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Out-of-process deletions

Since when is deleting the edits of a blocked editor a valid G6 technical deletion?

Ironically the reason given for their block was "(Disruptive editing, failure to respond to repeated (endless actually) warnings about their edits, creating a tremendous amount of work for other editors (time sink))"... nobody made you do the work of deleting all these redirects...

but now you've dumped work on me because some of the deletions caused articles to populate Category:Missing redirects. I'll just solve that issue by undeleting what you deleted. wbm1058 (talk) 04:10, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

• To the complaint that "you've dumped work on me" I can only quote your own words, "nobody made you do the work".
• The report (which you disguise as a link to G6), is a list of Possibly out-of-process deletions for which the criteria is that they "were more than one day old at the time of deletion".
• More directly to the point of your post, yes, I view the deletion of redirects by a user blocked for incessantly making poor redirects to be cleanup. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary, and obviously, yours does. Still, in the spirit of the "Feel free" note on my userpage, thank you for letting me know. I shall take your opinion on board. Cabayi (talk) 10:04, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Following up, since I'm unsatisfied with your response. I've now found and read User talk:Alpha200807#Administrator's Noticeboard incident report involving yourself, and the archived Incident discussion. I've also noted that there are sixteen (16!) "listed at Redirects for discussion" sections on that blocked user's talk page, and that all 16 of these blatantly bad redirects were deleted. So I understand why this editor was blocked because a too-high percentage of their redirect creations were discussed and deleted. But the Incident report opened with "User has been creating or altering a large number of redirects; some have been useful, a large number have been pointless contrivances, and many have been actively harmful." Presumably redirects-for-discussion has deleted all of the harmful redirects and many if not most or all of the contrivances, while keeping the useful ones. You shouldn't use G6 on the ones that, in your opinion, the RFD community missed or may not have felt were sufficiently contrived to merit deletion. WP:CSD#G5 is the criterion for creations by banned or blocked users. It states "To qualify, the edit or page must have been made while the user was actually banned or blocked. A page created before the ban or block was imposed... will not qualify under this criterion." Clearly the community has said that creations before blocks don't qualify for speedy deletion, and you shouldn't circumvent that by claiming this as a valid G6 criterion. Nothing listed under G6 says that the creation of a now-blocked editor may be speedily deleted simply on the sole grounds that it was created by a blocked editor before they were blocked.

If you agree not to use that reason for speedy deletions in the future, I suppose I'm willing to just drop the issue here. But, if you still feel that you did nothing wrong, I think I will start a discussion about the matter at the Administrators' Noticeboard. – wbm1058 (talk) 13:22, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Wbm1058, I'll agree I was too rigorous in the cleanup, and that many of the redirects should have been deleted R3 instead of G6. However, foreswearing G6 in all circumstances for all time is not a practical outcome. Cabayi (talk) 17:48, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Looking at the list, I'm not seeing many implausible typos, so R3 isn't really a viable answer either. What I see a lot of is stuff like TATRA, which was correctly tagged as an {{R from stylization}} since the company does put its logo in all caps. If you want to treat these as G6 technical issues, then actually treat them as G6 technical issues. Focus on the content not the contributor. In the cases that caught my attention, you were not too rigorous in the cleanup, you were insufficently rigorous in the cleanup. A rigorous cleanup would check "what links here" on each of these before you delete them, and then you would see the hatnote "TATRA" redirects here. For other uses, see Tatra (disambiguation)., then you need to remove the hatnote as well to ensure that it doesn't lie to the reader by saying that "TATRA" still redirects to the page after you deleted it. An easier way to deal with these might be to take off your admin hat and just dispute the bold primary-topic redirection by redirecting TATRA to Tatra as an {{R from ambiguous term}} and {{R from other capitalization}} rather than stretch your interpretation of the speedy criteria to find an excuse (reason) to delete it. – wbm1058 (talk) 18:44, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

I meant "rigorous" in its second sense "severe; intense" not its first sense "scrupulously accurate". Cabayi (talk) 19:04, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

OK, sorry I don't want to beat this issue too hard, but, one last point, and I know it's just an essay and opinions vary on the matter, but I hope that "severe and intense" doesn't refer to punishment. wbm1058 (talk) 13:05, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

You appear to be taking the use of "rigorous" from the context of "I was too rigorous in the cleanup" and reading it in the context of the block of the user, in which I had no part. Cabayi (talk) 13:20, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the note

Got your note, yup looks like we collided - the end result looks fine, feel free to do anything else on that you think is appropriate. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 16:06, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Block and Phoenix

You blocked New York Medical College. Risen fromthe ashes is NYMCOMMS. Unless they have been renamed I smell block evasion. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 22:17, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. It's a soft block so creating a new account was OK, but not one with the same username problems. Cabayi (talk) 09:31, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

I expect we will see the phoenix again. 🤡 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 09:44, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

​Until they gather the courage to tell their boss to stop being a narcissist I guess. Cabayi (talk) 09:58, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

It does rather look as if he wrote it! Very "Look at MEEEE!!!!" style text. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 10:00, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

UTRS appeal #81036

I cannot read the VRTS ticket, so meh. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:47, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Restoring Galaxy X (disambiguation)

This looks like it was inadvertently deleted in the wake of cleaning up after a disruptive user. Any reason I can't recreate this? Thanks, NapoliRoma (talk) 03:00, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

You have accurately assessed the situation. The #Out-of-process deletions section above is about this. If you feel the redirect has a valid use and want it, then I guess in fairness to previous contributors I ought to restore all its previous revisions. Happy editing. Cabayi (talk) 07:39, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

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renamer

Thank you for quality articles such as William Helmore and Primary schools in Three Rivers District, for renaming accounts, for watching for usernames representing organizations, for service as arbitrator and offering more of it, for "I'd love to take the high ground and have a superior attitude", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2894 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:26, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much Gerda. Weirdly I was thinking of William Helmore just yesterday, probably for the first time in a dozen years and considering just how far over-the-top I went with his list of patents. Strange synchronicity. Cabayi (talk) 21:44, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

I like that ;) - never heard of him, always learning. - I make a one-sentence story every day, and today it's a DYK hook of 2010, - feeling ancient. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:48, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

November songs

story · music

My story today is Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his, - the composer, born OTD 110 years ago, didn't want it shorter (but the publisher), - more here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

User Talk:Gerda Arendt#Mozart Requiem --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:44, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. We agree about the Mozart RfC, but - provided that it shows that editors are able to discuss the topic in civility - do we still need CT infoboxes (which seems to protect too much, because only a very small minority of articles seems actually in danger of incivil disputes), and what would have to happen that a group of editors is no longer compared to an army? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:32, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Gerda, I don't foresee another purge of CT remedies before the new committee is seated. This particular remedy has been used so its removal is not going to be frictionless. My best suggestion, wait 'til it's truly moribund. Cabayi (talk) 10:38, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't think I was clear enough. Did I say anything about when? These wars go on since 2005, so I am told, - no rush suddenly, but I'd like to see them ended. Last year I asked if we still had them, and most said no (and in 2020 similarly). I mentioned two composers and two pieces. Both composers had an infobox in 2006, and again in 2023, but the history in between was different. What makes it different? And Samuel Barber again different. And Beethoven where an infobox was installed in 2015 as the community consensus by the arb who wrote the infoboxes case. For examples. Of all answers this year, the best bit was about better listening to music when angry than editing when angry ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:27, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Today: in memoriam Jerome Kohl who said (In Freundschaft): "and I hope that they have met again in the beyond and are making joyous music together" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

December music

December songs

story · music

Today's story is about Maria Callas, on her centenary. - Aaron Copland died OTD, and Jerome Kohl (mentioned in November) said something wise on Copland's talk, - yes, regarding a soft(ening) stance towards infoboxes. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Back to arbitration: did you check out the history of the infobox of Callas? Compare Jessye Norman, Kathleen Ferrier and Jenny Lind. Did you check out the history of Copland? Compare Max Reger, Max Beckschäfer, Colin Mawby (from today's story), and Benjamin Britten (who died OTD). What's the difference? If what you see changes your answer to my question, feel free to change, and ping me. I would like to see a way to avoid in the future hundreds of editors commenting on Mozart RfCs, just to kind of restore the infobox he had in 2006. Happy new era ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:38, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Today, I managed to get the pics to snow (on 28 Nov), and heard a lovely concert, after listening to a miracle of meditative dreaming on 6 December (or just click on music). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

... and today, to Paris (29 Nov) with a visit to the Palais Garnier, - to match the story of Medea Amiranashvili, - don't miss listening to her expressive voice. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

My story today is about Michael Robinson, - it's an honour to have known him. - I voted for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:44, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. You are obviously a discerning voter :-) Seriously though, it looks like a good slate of candidates and promises well for the 2024 committee. Cabayi (talk) 17:43, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

I didn't oppose any, which is different from all previous years ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Pics up to 3 December, with my shadow in one of them, and a story about Beethoven in memory of his birth. When the arb who wrote the infoboxes case installed the community consensus - in 2015! - I hoped these infobox wars were over, really. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:39, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:43, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations to your election! - I uploaded more pics, with Christmas trees and related artworks, and I have two women on the Main page (for a sad reason). Our Christmas singing (of my user's infobox music "singen, singen") was pictured! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for approving my username change. <3 SungHerSong (talk) 11:43, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

You're welcome. Happy editing. Cabayi (talk) 11:46, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

ACE2023 congratulations

Hello Cabayi, you have been elected to the arbitration committee! The results of the election are available here: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2023#Results. You will likely be contacted by the existing committee for onboarding. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 01:43, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations, Cabayi! And good luck with all of those email messages! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:03, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you both. It saves me from having to answer the troublesome "What is my next Wiki activity to focus on" for another 2 years. Cabayi (talk) 10:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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• Aoidh (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Cabayi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Firefly (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Maxim (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Sdrqaz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• ToBeFree (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Z1720 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Upon meeting the Wikimedia Foundation's criteria for access to non-public personal data and signing the Foundation's non-public information confidentiality agreement, all incoming arbitrators will be subscribed to all Committee-managed email lists, assigned the CheckUser and Oversight permissions for use in office, and given access to the CheckUser and Oversight queues on the VRTS system.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2023:

• Enterprisey (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Izno (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• SilkTork (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Wugapodes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, to remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their term on the committee. To that effect:

• Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing arbitrators, who have not elected to retain them, after 31 December 2023:

  CheckUser: Enterprisey, Izno, SilkTork

  Oversight: Enterprisey, Izno, SilkTork

• Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to remain active on cases opened before their term ended if they wish. Whether or not outgoing arbitrators will remain active on any ongoing case(s) will be noted on the proposed decision talk page of affected case(s).
• All outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed to the functionaries' mailing list, with the exception of Enterprisey, who has elected to be unsubscribed.
• All outgoing arbitrators will be unsubscribed from the clerks-l mailing list, with the exception of Izno, who has elected to remain subscribed.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 04:24, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § 2024 Arbitration Committee