User talk:Iazyges/Archives/2023/February

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Your GA nomination of Basiliscus (Caesar)

The article Basiliscus (Caesar) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Basiliscus (Caesar) and Talk:Basiliscus (Caesar)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:42, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Basiliscus (Caesar)

The article Basiliscus (Caesar) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Basiliscus (Caesar) for comments about the article, and Talk:Basiliscus (Caesar)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 14:42, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Administrator changes

Gimmetrow

CheckUser changes

Oversighter changes

Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

Technical news

The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration

The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.

Miscellaneous

Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

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Thekla (daughter of Theophilos)

Hi, Iazyges. Thank you kindly for helping out around Thekla (daughter of Theophilos); I see you've expanded it quite a bit. I hope you've found my edits to be helpful as well. May I ask when you'd like to bring this article to FAC? Obviously not now, as both of us have two nominations open, but what month were you thinking? Cheers, Unlimitedlead (talk) 21:42, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

@Unlimitedlead: I think once Theodosius III finishes up (which should be soon). The format of my grad school is stranger than I was expecting, causing me to be very busy Monday through Thursday but quite free the rest of the week, so I should be available for a more active FAC schedule than I had expected. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 21:44, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Alright, sounds good. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, and good luck with school! You're not the only one there right now :( Unlimitedlead (talk) 21:53, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

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Overview of Backlog-reduction progress
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The Bugle: Issue 202, February 2023

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 on translation and Eisenhower's armies
Review essay: Catlemur on military museums in Athens

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Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

You are receiving this message because you were a Good article reviewer on at least one article that is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 or you signed up for messages. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of Good articles for copyright and other problems, unless a reviewer opens an independent Good article reassessment and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information. A list of the GA reviewers can be found here. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. You can opt in or out of further messages at this page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:20, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

RFC on Byzantine Empire text

Hi! I'd appreciate if you could participate in the RFC that just opened up. Thanks! Elias (talk) 00:55, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Harbor of Eutropius

The article Harbor of Eutropius you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Harbor of Eutropius and Talk:Harbor of Eutropius/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:02, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Harbor of Eutropius

The article Harbor of Eutropius you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Harbor of Eutropius for comments about the article, and Talk:Harbor of Eutropius/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:43, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup

Hi Iazyges. I noticed that you have been formatting your FA submissions on the WikiCup incorrectly. It's supposed to be # [[ARTICLE]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/ARTICLE/archive#]], which means your current formatting is preventing you from earning bonus points from your FAs, and I'd hate to see you miss out on points well-deserved. Cheers, Unlimitedlead (talk) 13:29, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

@Unlimitedlead: Many thanks! Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:36, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Sacro-Egoism

Hello Iazyges. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Sacro-Egoism, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not a neologism. A quick google search shows academic papers back to at least 2008. . Thank you. Ged UK 11:57, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

@Ged UK: No problem; the reason for that nomination was because the editor who uploaded it is almost certainly the same as the coiner of the term, and all academic papers (including the 2008 Ph.D.) that deal with the term extensively, rather than just passingly, are from the coiner in question; I've brought it to XfD instead along the lines of WP:NOTDICT. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 17:14, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Thekla

Hi Iazyges. I'm going to be out of town until tomorrow evening, so if you get the chance, would you mind taking care of the rest of Gog's comments on Thekla's FAN? I already addressed most of them. Thanks Unlimitedlead (talk) 18:44, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@Unlimitedlead: I'll try to get them done; incidentally I'll be out of town from tonight until Sunday morning, but I will be taking my laptop with me so I should be able to continue editing. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 20:55, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

FA mentoring: Panagiotis Kavvadias

Hi,

I've put the page Panagiotis Kavvadias forward for peer review: it's just gone through a really detailed GAR, I think it might have legs as an FA, but it's my first nomination and (bluntly) I've got no idea what I'm doing. I appreciate that it's possibly a bit outside your usual wheelhouse, but any comments or advice you could give would be much appreciated.

The peer review page is here, if you want to take a look. UndercoverClassicist (talk) 09:00, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@UndercoverClassicist: Sure thing, happy to help with the PR and mentor when you go to FAC; my first impression is that the article looks to be in good shape, but the number of images in it may be slightly excessive, may want to remove three or four, especially when they're close to each other. I'll work on a more full review over the weekend. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 09:15, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks - much appreciated! UndercoverClassicist (talk) 09:17, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello again - you may have seen that the Peer Review has already had two pairs of eyes on it, and that I've made a lot of changes as a result. Are you still working on a review yourself? No rush or pressure either way: I'll wait for it if you've got one in the pipeline, but equally I understand if you'd rather hold off until the article does go to FAC, given that it's already benefitted from the kindness and time of others. UndercoverClassicist (talk) 21:30, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

@UndercoverClassicist: Apologies, I've had a rather busy week; I'll try to get to it today or tomorrow. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 21:33, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

No worries - like I said, no rush or pressure either way, but if you've got thoughts, I'd be grateful to hear them. UndercoverClassicist (talk) 22:05, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of Theodosius III

Congratulations, Iazyges! The article you nominated, Theodosius III, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations Iazyges on your second FA promotion this year, and cheers to many more... Unlimitedlead (talk) 12:44, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for improving articles in February! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:17, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:19, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:43, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

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Promotion of Glycerius

Congratulations, Iazyges! The article you nominated, Glycerius, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hog Farm (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 28 February 2023 (UTC)