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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!
Hello and Happy New Year!
Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).
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- There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:
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DYK for David Long Jr.
On 2 January 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article David Long Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that David Long Jr. set the West Virginia Mountaineers football record for single-game tackles for a loss? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/David Long Jr.. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, David Long Jr.), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
Helo.Where I can have the book: big sur and the oranges of herounimos bosch
Thanks. My e.mail is franja.vaco@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.133.165.200 (talk) 22:59, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
- I don't know why I was asked and have no idea.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:44, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
What exactly did I do wrong?
I can't even remember editing these templates.★Trekker (talk) 01:30, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
- *Treker, they each have edit histories.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:47, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
DYK for 151 North Franklin
On 24 January 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 151 North Franklin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/151 North Franklin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 151 North Franklin), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih (talk) 21:07, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
Talk:54th Annual Grammy Awards
You were quite right to remove Chicago from the Talk:54th Annual Grammy Awards, since it was held in LA. I added {{WikiProject California|class=list|importance=low|southerncalifornia=yes|southerncalifornia-importance=low|la=yes|la-importance=low}} instead. Thank you for the catch.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 18:10, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
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- A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
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Your GA nomination of 2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
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Nomination for deletion of Template:PulitzerPrize HistoryAuthors
Template:PulitzerPrize HistoryAuthors has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 23:58, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
L'amour Braque
Your insistence on having this movie in the template for Dostoevsky's The Idiot is silly. Have you read the plot summaries in the articles? You could also look at the characters and themes sections. The movie addresses nothing whatsoever of the novel, in either form or substance. Zulawski's obituary writer has no expertise in Dostoevsky's novels. If he did, he certainly would not have called this movie an adaptation of The Idiot, even with qualifiers like "loose" and "wild". Harold the Sheep (talk) 04:05, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
- Harold the Sheep I restored the content based upon WP:TRUTH. If you think I have applied TRUTH incorrectly, please advise.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:21, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
- You have certainly applied TRUTH incorrectly, because the movie has nothing to do with the novel. As for WP:TRUTH, it is an essay, not a policy or guideline, so there is no real necessity to apply it to anything. But I don't understand: how is your restoration of the content based on this essay? Are you talking about the idea of 'verification, not truth'?
- In your original post on my talk page you said "based on the content in the articles". So can I ask once again: have you comapared the plot summaries etc in the two articles? Harold the Sheep (talk) 03:16, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
- Harold the Sheep, If sources say they are adaptations, we should summarize those sources. Then the templates should include things that have sourced content about a relationship.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:31, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- There is no reliable source for Dostoevsky's The Idiot (the subject of the template) that says L'amour Braque is an adaptation of it. Nor could there ever be: the movie L'amour Braque is not in any way related to Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot. The source you have given is an obituary about the film-maker, by someone with no expertise in Dostoevsky's novel, that includes a casual reference to a "loose" and "wild" adaptation, probably as a result of reading the claim of 'inspiration' in the credits. That isn't a good way to source adaptations of, or relationships to, literary classics like The Idiot. Once again: have you actually compared the articles, particularly the plot summaries and the sourced content in The Idiot? If you did, you would see that there is no relationship of the movie to the novel and that no reliable source would ever say that there was. Harold the Sheep (talk) 03:23, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- Harold the Sheep, WP:TRUTH could be based upon this review or maybe this.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:51, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- You can probably find more pop culture references to the claim made in the credits: what you will never find is a reliable source on Dostoevsky's The Idiot that will support them. Interestingly, Diabolique Magazine does actually go into some detail about the plot of the film and the plot of the novel, and it's clear even from that superficial detail that the two are unrelated. I'm not sure why you keep ignoring my question about the Wikipedia articles, which very clearly demonstrate the non-relationship. Harold the Sheep (talk) 22:36, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- Harold the Sheep, If you can make stable changes to the article that remove the association, you can remove the article from the template. If you suspect that the relationship between the films would be hard to remove from the articles, then you should leave the template alone.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:40, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- "the relationship between the films"? You are aware, aren't you, that Dostoevsky's The Idiot is a novel? I am not interested in the article on L'amour Braque. It is a film of little significance in cinematic history, and of no significance whatsoever to Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot, which is, after all, the subject of the template. If you have popular culture sources that engage with the claim made in the credits you are welcome to keep them in the article on the film. The article on Dostoevsky's The Idiot uses sources from recognized experts in the subject, and as such makes no reference to a film that is unrelated to it. There is a detailed study of the plot, the characters, the themes and the style. L'amour Braque addresses nothing of them: its story, characters, thematic concerns and style are completely alien to those of Dostoevsky's The Idiot. This is evident in the articles themselves. But I can see, Tony the Tiger, that while you may be a huge, ferocious, multicellular organism with razor-sharp teeth and stripes, you are clearly not interested in responding to my arguments, so I think I'll drop the stick and shut the gate because the dead horse has obviously bolted. Harold the Sheep (talk) 04:00, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- Harold the Sheep, If you can make stable changes to the article that remove the association, you can remove the article from the template. If you suspect that the relationship between the films would be hard to remove from the articles, then you should leave the template alone.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:40, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- You can probably find more pop culture references to the claim made in the credits: what you will never find is a reliable source on Dostoevsky's The Idiot that will support them. Interestingly, Diabolique Magazine does actually go into some detail about the plot of the film and the plot of the novel, and it's clear even from that superficial detail that the two are unrelated. I'm not sure why you keep ignoring my question about the Wikipedia articles, which very clearly demonstrate the non-relationship. Harold the Sheep (talk) 22:36, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- Harold the Sheep, WP:TRUTH could be based upon this review or maybe this.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:51, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- There is no reliable source for Dostoevsky's The Idiot (the subject of the template) that says L'amour Braque is an adaptation of it. Nor could there ever be: the movie L'amour Braque is not in any way related to Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot. The source you have given is an obituary about the film-maker, by someone with no expertise in Dostoevsky's novel, that includes a casual reference to a "loose" and "wild" adaptation, probably as a result of reading the claim of 'inspiration' in the credits. That isn't a good way to source adaptations of, or relationships to, literary classics like The Idiot. Once again: have you actually compared the articles, particularly the plot summaries and the sourced content in The Idiot? If you did, you would see that there is no relationship of the movie to the novel and that no reliable source would ever say that there was. Harold the Sheep (talk) 03:23, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- Harold the Sheep, If sources say they are adaptations, we should summarize those sources. Then the templates should include things that have sourced content about a relationship.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:31, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
WikiCup 2019 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.- Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
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- The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
- Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.
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- The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
Miscellaneous
- Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.
The article Bradley Henderson has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
No indication this person reaches any notability guideline. Fails WP:NCOLLATH, and there is nothing here that indicates WP:GNG, nor does WP:BEFORE reveal anything better.
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. John from Idegon (talk) 17:19, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
Nomination for merging of Template:Three Men in a Boat
Template:Three Men in a Boat has been nominated for merging with Template:Jerome K. Jerome. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:59, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:MissUSAs
Template:MissUSAs has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:53, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
Template:Miss Universe Organization titleholders footer has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. --woodensuperman 09:22, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
Template:Major International Pageants titleholders footer has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. --woodensuperman 11:10, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
Cofounder Teladoc
I was a cofounder of Teladoc and seeking addition to founders summary Oboultin (talk) 23:23, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Jon Teske
On 21 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jon Teske, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jon Teske posted a double-double in his first collegiate start and the first collegiate basketball game played at Little Caesars Arena? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jon Teske. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jon Teske), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
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ip address and wiki edits
I wouldn't waste my time to edit wikipedia, because every time I have, it has been reverted by someone just like yourself. So, please, go complain about edits you don't like to someone who edits or cares. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.98.222.51 (talk) 16:46, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
Suggestion
Hey, Tony. Re: Your image of Chris Young warming-up in what used to be the visitor's bullpen. As you know, the bullpens have been relocated under the bleachers. I wonder if the caption could be reworded to capture both the past and the present. Just a thought. ―Buster7 ☎ 21:48, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- Buster7 The caption now explains that the picture depicts the pre-2017 field. It has been that way for a while. I am not sure what you are asking of me.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:26, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Nomination for merging of Template:Miss World titleholders
Template:Miss World titleholders has been nominated for merging with Template:MissWorlds 1951–1959. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Gonnym (talk) 14:36, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
Nomination for merging of Template:Miss International titleholders
Template:Miss International titleholders has been nominated for merging with Template:MissInternationals 1960–1979. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Gonnym (talk) 14:43, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
Template:Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 18:40, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
three men in a boat
even reading your comments I am stumped why I joined in on this one - if there is a need to discuss further, I honestly feel at sea as to what happened in the first place. JarrahTree 22:17, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
- @JarrahTree, you will inevitably be stumped if you try to parse this a normal deletion review.
- Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2019 March 28#Template:Three_Men_in_a_Boat was a thoroughly bad faith exercise by Tony. At User talk:JJMC89#Sloppy_close, Tony ran through a range of bizarre rationales, before finally settling on an elaborately wikilawyered attempt to justified a daft claim that the merged template was adding lots of superfluous links. But having built his whole DRV case on "too may links", Tony then pronounced himself satisfied because more links had been added to the merged template.
- I've rarely seen someone demonstrate their own bad faith so clearly as that. I think that the extra links which Tony and/or Woodensuperman added are a welcome improvement. But by all the logic of Tony's DRV nomination, they were a serious breach of policy. He can't have it both ways.
- As Tony admitted at DRV, the whole thing was actually all about Tony's WP:OWNership.
- I have never seen such thoroughly bad faith abuse of the deletion review process. Tony's vexatious games wasted lots of the time and energy of other editors, esp of the closer JJMC89. I hope that Tony will never pull a stunt like that again. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:01, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).
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- In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
- The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.
Miscellaneous
- Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
- As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.
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The Signpost: 30 April 2019
- News and notes: An Action Packed April
- In the media: Is Wikipedia just another social media site?
- Discussion report: English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages
- Featured content: Anguish, accolades, animals, and art
- Arbitration report: An Active Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Mötley Crüe, Notre-Dame, a black hole, and Bonnie and Clyde
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- Gallery: Notre-Dame de Paris burns
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- Recent research: Female scholars underrepresented; whitepaper on Wikidata and libraries; undo patterns reveal editor hierarchy
- From the archives: Portals revisited
The Ephesian tale
It is mentioned in the first paragraph of Sources.
--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 19:37, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
- Bellerophon5685 not under the title Ephesian tale, which would make it unsearchable to a reader coming there from the template.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:56, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
WikiCup 2019 May newsletter
The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:
Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.- Adam Cuerden (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.
Other notable performances were put in by 
Barkeep49 with six GAs, 
Ceranthor, 
Lee Vilenski, and 
Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and 
MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.
So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
invitation to Request for Comment on subject of Bruno Bettelheim
As a participant in a previous RfC on Bettelheim, you are invited to a new starting RfC. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 23:19, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).
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- A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
- Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.
Technical news
- XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.
Arbitration
- In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases,
the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions
; administrators found failing to have adequately done sowill not be resysopped automatically
. All current administrators have been notified of this change. - Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.
- In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases,
Miscellaneous
- A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
- A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.
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The Signpost: 31 May 2019
- From the editors: Picture that
- News and notes: Wikimania and trustee elections
- In the media: Politics, lawsuits and baseball
- Discussion report: Admin abuse leads to mass-desysop proposal on Azerbaijani Wikipedia
- Arbitration report: ArbCom forges ahead
- Technology report: Lots of Bots
- News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation petitions the European Court of Human Rights to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey
- Essay: Paid editing
- From the archives: FORUM:Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
Administrators' newsletter – June 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).
Administrator changes
Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický
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Guideline and policy news
- An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
- An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
- An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.
Technical news
- The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
- Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.
Miscellaneous
- The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
- The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.
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The June 2019 Signpost is out!
- Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia
- News and notes: Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising
- In the media: The disinformation age
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Traffic report: Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters
- Technology report: Actors and Bots
- Special report: Did Fram harass other editors?
- Recent research: What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia
- From the archives: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
- In focus: WikiJournals: A sister project proposal
- Community view: A CEO biography, paid for with taxes
Administrators' newsletter – July 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).
Administrator changes
- 28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam1 • Flyguy649 • Fram2 • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe
- 1Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
- 2Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
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- A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.
- In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.
- The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
- The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
- A request for comment seeks to determine whether Wikipedia:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.
Technical news
- The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.
Miscellaneous
- In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.
WikiCup 2019 July newsletter
The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington- Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics
Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
Humera (disambiguation)
Hi TonyTheTiger, in Humera (disambiguation) I added '(disambiguation)' to Humaira following the guidelines at WP:INTDABLINK and MOS:DABSEEALSO - this makes it clear to readers and editors that the link to a disambiguation page is intentional and not something that needs to be fixed. Leschnei (talk) 12:12, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Essex on the Park
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MiLB Player Page
Hi TonyTheTiger, I saw your name on the WikiProject Baseball page, and am in need of some help with a page that was recently rejected (Draft:Adam_Klein_(baseball)). If you'd be willing to help me, please let me know. Thank you very much in advance. Take care. --WikiWriter135 (talk) 23:30, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- WikiWriter135, Sorry for the long delay. I am not active in the ways I use to be even though you may see me editing a lot of disambiguation pages while I am passing some time. Assuming that he fails WP:NBASE and WP:ANYBIO, you are going to have to shoot for WP:GNG.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:34, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 July 2019
- In the media: Politics starts getting rough
- Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban
- Arbitration report: A month of reintegration
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?
- News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way
- Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect
- Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract
- Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things
I have a favour to ask. Don't not feel obliged to humour me, as I do take "no" for an answer. I have recently put up the above named article, and wonder if it might be a decent candidate for WP:DYK. I think it meets the basic requirements for such a move. The point is I do not want to nominate this myself, as I have to go through the QPQ exercise to put it forward, and I really do not wish to go down that route. Would you be kind enough to consider this ? A bit of a cheek I know, but "if you don't ask, you don't get". I am willing to discuss the "hook" etc., if you will oblige me. Thanks, - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 20:22, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- I do not suppose "Shave 'Em Dry" has much chance either. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 00:11, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).
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- Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
- A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.
Arbitration
- Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.
Miscellaneous
- Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
- The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.
Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.
B. J. Prager community reassessment
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DYK nomination of Essex on the Park
Hello! Your submission of Essex on the Park at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:22, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Re:1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team
You may want to open up a move discussion at 1975 Oregon Webfoots football team then.-UCO2009bluejay (talk) 00:04, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
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Why revert Cowparade-edit?
Why did you revert my edit on Cowparade? It's a little bit hard to understand your comment...--Kejo (talk) 09:21, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
- Kejo, There does not seem to be an encyclopedic connection between the fact that a cow was on a TV show and this article. Do you have a WP:RS that points out this connection. IMDb is not considered to be a RS.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:26, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
- I added it as an interesting fact that dispite the first occurence in Zürich 1986, the project also was the same year in LA. Maybe someone can explain how it got there so soon?
- It's not a user contribution, watch the episode (as I did), and there it is. Date of production is known, so well documented. Kejo (talk) 13:23, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
Alex Hewit reassessment
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- Can you help out improving Alex Hewit? I'm going to delist unless the article is improved. - Mnnlaxer | talk | stalk 15:29, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
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Disambiguation pages
Hi TonyTheTiger, just a quick not to remind you that links to disambiguation pages in the See also section of other disambiguation pages (like Alia) should always show a title with '(disambiguation)' to make it clear that it is an intentional link (WP:INTDAB and MOS:DABSEEALSO). Thanks, Leschnei (talk) 12:53, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- Leschnei, can you show me a problematic edit.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:26, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry, I either mis-typed or auto-corrected. I meant to type Akila - this edit specifically. Leschnei (talk) 02:37, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
We could put
London, France or maybe London, Ontario if you want! heh, Govvy (talk) 21:09, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- Govvy, No one is saying that other London's don't exist. The policy is based on the fact that the default London in reader's eye is England.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:20, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Essex on the Park
Hello! Your submission of Essex on the Park at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:02, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- TonyTheTiger, last call for a QPQ review on this nomination. Please provide a QPQ within the next seven days if you wish it to continue. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:56, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
Template:Anthony
Could you please fix the 8 links to disambiguation pages in Template:Anthony? I know you get unhappy when I solve them... Thanks in advance. The Banner talk 20:24, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- The Banner, Can you enumerate the 8 dab links at issue?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 11:55, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- You have waited long enough with replying to get the issues solved already. The Banner talk 15:49, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- And to give another answer to your question: here you added another link to a disambiguation page. Please, be more careful and check the links you add. The Banner talk 09:01, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 August 2019
- News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
- In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
- Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
- Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
- News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
- Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
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WikiCup 2019 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019).
Administrator changes
Bradv • Chetsford • Izno
Floquenbeam • Lectonar- DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana
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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is 
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- Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points- Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
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- Casliber (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
Yashthepunisher (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.- Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
- MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.- Ed! (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.
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Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry
No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well Tony. MarnetteD|Talk 20:50, 16 December 2019 (UTC) |
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Hello. I have a big favour to ask. There is a draft article in my sandbox for The Kildare Lodge Inn in Minehead, Somerset, England. Once it is in articlespace, would you nominate it for DYK ?? I used to do so myself, but not since the criteria for submissions altered, requiring your assessment of another editor's work. I am not comfortable playing that game. I know it is a bit of a cheek to ask, but "if you don't ask, you don't get". The potential 'hook' is "The Kildare Lodge Inn was an arts and crafts style doctor's surgery, but now offers bed and breakfast in a four-poster bed at a listed building". I do take no for an answer. Thanks, - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 13:51, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry, but no.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 11:06, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
- OK. Thanks for the quick response. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 13:09, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2019 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:
- Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points
- Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
- Kosack (submissions) with 691 points
- SounderBruce (submissions) with 388 points
- Enwebb (submissions) with 146 points
- Usernameunique (submissions) with 145 points
- HaEr48 (submissions) with 74 points
All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
- Casliber (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
- Yashthepunisher (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.
- Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
- MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
- Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.
- Ed! (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.
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- A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.
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- Recent research: Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews
- Essay: Adminitis
- From the archives: WikiProject Spam, revisited
Administrators' newsletter – December 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019).
Administrator changes
- EvergreenFir • ToBeFree
- Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂
CheckUser changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
- Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.
Technical news
- Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)
Arbitration
- Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.
Miscellaneous
- The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF
will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive
.
- The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF
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Cheers
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Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry
No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well Tony. MarnetteD|Talk 20:50, 16 December 2019 (UTC) |
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Merry Merry!
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Good luck
Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune.
このミラPはTonyTheTigerたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！
フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE!
ミラP 03:59, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 December 2019
- From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
- News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
- In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
- Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
- Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
- Technology report: User scripts and more
- Gallery: Holiday wishes
- Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
- From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report