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Administrators' newsletter – March 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).

Administrator changes

TJMSmith

Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

Interface administrator changes

AmandaNP

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-redirect userright, 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?
There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.

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.
When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
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.

Miscellaneous

Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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Growth team newsletter #17

Welcome to the seventeenth newsletter from the Growth team!

The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects.

Structured tasks

Add a link: the team is continuing to engineer on our first "structured task", which will break down the workflow of adding wikilinks to articles, and assist newcomers with an algorithm to identify words and phrases that could be made into links.

Add an image: even as we build our first structured task, we have been thinking about the next one. "Add an image" is a structured task in which newcomers would be recommended images from Wikimedia Commons to add to unillustrated articles. This is an ambitious idea with many details to consider. We have already learned a lot from community members, and we encourage everyone to look at the project page and join the discussion.

Moving forward: more wikis to get the features

Last November, our team published the analysis of the impact of newcomer tasks. We announced that we found that the Growth features, and particularly newcomer tasks, lead to increased editing from newcomers. Because of these results, we believe all Wikipedias should implement these features.

We have started to contact more wikis to deploy the features, including Wikipedias of all sizes. Bengali Wikipedia recently began using Growth features, and Danish, Thai, Indonesian, and Romanian Wikipedias will be coming soon. Please contact us if you have questions regarding deployment.

We are looking for translators who can help by translating the interface. Translating is done on Translatewiki.net (it requires a different account that your Wikimedia one). Communities that already have the Growth features being deployed are invited to check on the translations. Access translations here.

Variant testing

As mentioned in our previous newsletter, we ran a test of two variants of the newcomer homepage, meant to find a version that increases users completing suggested edits. We have completed the experiment, and learned that one of the variants leads to more edits on desktop while the other leads to more edits on mobile. Therefore, we will deploy the strongest variants for each platform to all newcomers.

News for mentors

Mentor dashboard: we have interviewed mentors from several communities as we plan a mentor dashboard feature, which would help mentors track the progress of their mentees. We encourage all mentors to share their thoughts on tools that would help them.

Magic word for mentors: it is now possible to use a magic word, {{#mentor}}, to display the name of a given newcomer's mentor. This can be used on welcome messages, userboxes, etc.

Help panel questions going to mentors: in most wikis, newcomers using the help panel ask questions to the help desk. On Czech Wikipedia, we have experimented with sending these questions to mentors instead. This simplifies the newcomer experience, and only led to a increase in mentorship questions of about 30%. We tried this in Arabic, Bengali, French and Vietnamese Wikipedias, and we are making it the default experience.

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16:02, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Convenient Discussions

I see you are a man of culture as well. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 12:12, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4 This script seems to have it all! This is why I destroy my watchlist by watching VPT 😄 — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 12:16, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

My only problem is that it does not quite work well with the old Rater (because of a new section link for feedback), and on pages with additional new section links in general, but JWBTH said he is fixing this / has already fixed this in the developer version. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 12:22, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

I agree there are some minor things that would be nice to be fixed (like maybe reducing the number of links in the section headers, it does get a bit overwhelming), it does seem every few months I discover a new discussion tool, much better than the previous. My eyes can definitely relax a bit when trying to find who someone is replying to! I believe this tool has a function to watchlist sections, it looks very useful, time to test it out! — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 12:27, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Paromount+

Dude I am New here Please stop deleting my edits just trying to help my friend. Dylan5068373 (talk) 16:53, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Dylan5068373, I reverted your edit as you didn't provide a reliable source. Wikipedia is fundamentally based on all statements being sourced by independent, reliable sources. For information on how to source your statement, read Help:Referencing for beginners — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 16:56, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Dylan5068373 (talk) 17:05, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Happy White Day!

Chlod has given you a pack of Toblerone bars! Chocolate promotes WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Toblerone bars are wonderfully delicious! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a pack of Toblerone bars, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Spread the goodness of Toblerone bars by adding {{subst:Toblerone for you}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message!

It's White Day today and I totally forgot like an idiot and I can't give Sportz chocolate anymore since it's no longer White Day for us so here's some chocolate so you can spend your White Day much less lonelier than without. Chlod (say hi!) 16:22, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

tww

Hi! Are you still interested? It's okay if you changed your mind! --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 01:37, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

つがる I'm really sorry, I forgot in light of school. I'll start proof reading the next issue (if I can find it!). — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 07:19, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

issue is here, Thanks つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 02:37, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard-March 2021

Hello, Berrely! Here is the March 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard.

Wikipedia News

I came across an interesting article about Wikipedia.
TJMSmith had a successful RFA, Congrats!

Humour

This section was written by User:Canadian Otaku, I hope you enjoy it as much as I (Tsugaru) did!

If you edit Wikipedia around 1-5 AM, beware, as any admin could block you for being up too late!
It's really easy to break Wikipedia, just click here.
Ignore people telling you to stop putting "Hrrnngg,,,beans" on the article Bean (film), they don't know what good edits are.
Jimbo is god, and can do anything he wants to!

Notes

There are 2 new editors now, one of them Berrely, and CanadianOtaku. As mentioned Berrely is our new proofreader (typos beware) and Canadian Otaku is now going to be writing our Humor sections, I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for joining us, and remember, if you want to join, just let me know!

Like this Issue? Got Feedback? Spot a mistake? Discuss this issue here

To change your subscription, or to subscribe click Here. Enjoy this Issue and stay safe! --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 01:22, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

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TommyDaPro1

nvm its fine man — Preceding unsigned comment added by TommyDaPro1 (talk • contribs) 08:29, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:SM Rookies members

A tag has been placed on Category:SM Rookies members 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!} 15:36, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiLoop 2020 Year in Review

Dear editors, developers and friends:

Thank you for supporting Project WikiLoop! The year 2020 was an unprecedented one. It was unusual for almost everyone. In spite of this, Project WikiLoop continued the hard work and made some progress that we are proud to share with you. We also wanted to extend a big thank you for your support, advice, contributions and love that make all this possible.

Head over to our project page on Meta Wikimedia to read a brief 2020 Year in Review for WikiLoop.

Thank you for taking the time to review Wikipedia using WikiLoop DoubleCheck. Your work is important and it matters to everyone. We look forward to continuing our collaboration through 2021!

María Cruz
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Seal sources DVD's

Hi, https://www.muziekweb.nl/ is an official dutch library. So i don't understand why you think it is not okay. How can i fix this? Thank you. Sonja — Preceding unsigned comment added by SonjaDebl (talk • contribs) 08:25, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Visa requirements for Turkish citizens

Hello Barely,

Since Turkish citizens can travel with all passport types visa-free to Azerbaijan there is no need to write in the special, service, and diplomatic passports section. Before 2020 traveling to Azerbaijan with a normal passport was possible with an evisa, but now it is visa free. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.177.103.64 (talk) 13:01, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi there IP. Please cite a reliable source when adding content to Wikipedia articles. If you do not provide a reliable source, there is no way to actually verify your claim against original research. Thanks! — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 15:50, 28 March 2021 (UTC)