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Hi HopsonRoad! Thanks for your kind words of welcome :). I'm happy to be here! I'll take a look at the links you sent in a bit. I've been meaning to find some stuff to help out with, so this should be useful. Thank you - UpdateWindows (talk) 16:06, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk:David Edgar (Canadian soccer)[edit]

Hi. I'm a bit mystifed as to how you came to the conclusion that the debate supported the original proposal. The Scottish footballer was known as Dave, not David, and has now been moved away from that name (see WP:COMMONNAME). One person supported the proposal as written. Two supported using year of birth, which is standard disambiguation for footballers rather than nationality. One supported David Edgar (Canadian soccer player), which is not standard. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:38, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

hello @Necrothesp, thanks for reaching out. As someone who is not familiar with Canadian/Scottish sports, I believed that the new title i saw as suggested on Wikipedia:Requested moves was more appropriate and accurately reflected on the subject matter. While reviewing the conversation, your proposal seemed to become controversial with several people disagreeing. The David Edgar (Canadian soccer player) proposal received one message of support, and the primary version was supported by seemingly 2 people (although now it seems one had crossed it out). Ultimately, i chose to go with the original proposal because it appeared to be the best option for the way that someone would attempt to find information in the internet. In the future, i would probably opt for relisting the discussion or selecting the date of birth method, however as the page has already been moved, i would recommend re-listing the articles to be renamed (I can do this if you'd like, however you or any other editor involved are welcome to). As to the Scottish player's name, i would recommend creating a redirect (WP:How to make a redirect) per the guidelines in WP:CRITERIA so both versions of their name lead to the same place. I'll also make sure refine my methods in the future as to prevent issues like this from occurring again. Thanks - UW Tantomile (talk) 18:34, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In actual fact, RedPatch, the original proposer, said they'd happily cancel the RM. Paine Ellsworth said the Scottish footballer should not be changed to David. Iggy the Swan did indeed originally support the proposal, but later seemed to support using YOB. King of Hearts proposed a non-standard disambiguator (as we don't add "player" to sportspeople), so can be discounted. GiantSnowman supported using YOB, as did I. Unfortunately, your close follows neither WP:COMMONNAME nor the standard way of disambiguating footballers on Wikipedia (which is very definitely be YOB), nor does it seem to follow the result of the debate. -- Necrothesp (talk) 08:05, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ok @Necrothesp, I'm going to ahead and move them to David Edgar (football, born 1902) and David Edgar (soccer, born 1987) in a few hours when i'm at my computer, unless you have a better idea. Tantomile (talk) 16:25, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. The Scottish one should be Dave Edgar (footballer, born 1902). -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:42, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Move completed Tantomile (talk) 22:07, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Recording updated for Elizabeth II[edit]

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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023[edit]

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Backlog

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August 2023 Good Article Nominations backlog drive[edit]

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Arbitration

The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
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The Signpost: 15 August 2023[edit]

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197	Chutia people (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
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10	Zekharia (talk)	Merge
28	Morality throughout the Life Span (talk)	Merge
28	Tiger Road (talk)	Wikify
14	Clifford J. Levy (talk)	Wikify
38	Timeline of Twitter (talk)	Wikify
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3	Arkunir (talk)	Orphan
12	Bu Hasa oil field (talk)	Orphan
15	Carl Wilson (writer) (talk)	Stub
11	CCGS John Cabot (2020) (talk)	Stub
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Administrator changes

CheckUser changes

Bradv

Oversighter changes

Bradv

Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news

Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)

Arbitration

The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

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499	Fearless Tour (talk)	Add sources
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24,458	Danilo Cavalcante (talk)	Cleanup
138	Timeline of the Eastern Front of World War II (talk)	Cleanup
11,106	Kazakhstan (talk)	Expand
21,918	TikTok (talk)	Expand
12	Elmopalooza! (soundtrack) (talk)	Expand
484	The Shadow over Innsmouth (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
1,745	Ghostbusters (2016 film) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
1,086	Financial Times (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
145	Black music (talk)	Merge
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19	Golfland (talk)	Merge
768	Bryce Papenbrook (talk)	Wikify
135	Adam Saleh (talk)	Wikify
40	Dow Constantine (talk)	Wikify
2	Youth Mental Health Protection Act (talk)	Orphan
4	Awam Prakoso (talk)	Orphan
3	Bilek, Şehitkamil (talk)	Orphan
3	Mitten wir im Leben sind (Mendelssohn) (talk)	Stub
4	Lana du Pont (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 3 October 2023[edit]

News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published

In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the most editors

Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"

Featured content: By your logic,

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Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

Technical news

Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)

Arbitration

Remedy 9 ("MarioProtIV topic ban") of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case has been rescinded.

Miscellaneous

The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.

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163	House show (talk)	Add sources
64	NLRB election procedures (talk)	Add sources
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154	Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
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238	Ocean Ranger (talk)	Merge
41,023	Google (talk)	Merge
26	Alan Light (talk)	Wikify
725	Dream SMP (talk)	Wikify
16	Larissa railway station (talk)	Wikify
2	Izumi Hoshi (talk)	Orphan
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16	Order of Musashi Shinobi Samurai (talk)	Orphan
22	Delivery Boys (talk)	Stub
6	Motoki Ochiai (talk)	Stub
1,130	Osama Mazini (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 6 November 2023[edit]

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Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration

Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
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Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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173	Half of My Heart (talk)	Add sources
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128	History of banking in the United States (talk)	Expand
848	SpaceX Starship flight tests (talk)	Expand
204	Two Is Better Than One (talk)	Expand
9,184	Starlink (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
60	Rabha people (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
30	Westville Correctional Facility (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
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94	Metropolitan county (talk)	Merge
31	Waitaha penguin (talk)	Merge
36	Russian deep submergence rescue vehicle AS-28 (talk)	Wikify
457	Don Walsh (talk)	Wikify
120	Glenbrook North High School (talk)	Wikify
12	Sou A Kou (talk)	Orphan
4	Askana (talk)	Orphan
4	2024 Cambodian provincial elections (talk)	Orphan
145	Brex (talk)	Stub
11	Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur (talk)	Stub
24	Ralph K. Davies (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 4 December 2023[edit]

News and notes: Beeblebrox ejected from Arbitration Committee following posts on Wikipediocracy

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023[edit]

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

Administrator changes

Beeblebrox → Just Step Sideways

CheckUser changes

Oversight changes

Guideline and policy news

Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration

Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
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39	Nicanor Faeldon (talk)	Cleanup
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44	Premier Exhibitions (talk)	Expand
123	Venture Stores (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
406	Boys Like Girls (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
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510	Larry Elder (talk)	Merge
1,846	2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis (talk)	Merge
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2	Dickie Downs (talk)	Wikify
2,192	Eastern Front (World War II) (talk)	Wikify
4	Palaiofarsalos railway station (talk)	Wikify
5	Lior Engelman (talk)	Orphan
2	Bwizamani Singh (talk)	Orphan
2	Antti Vuorinen (talk)	Orphan
8	Taichung Japanese School (talk)	Stub
214	Serban Ghenea (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 24 December 2023[edit]

Special report: Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?

News and notes: The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023

In the media: Consider the humble fork

Discussion report: Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI

In focus: Liquidation of Wikimedia RU

Technology report: Dark mode is coming

Recent research: "LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata

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Maxim

Arbitration

Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

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