User talk:Amortias/Archives/2020/January

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Administrator changes

Dreamy Jazz • Newslinger • Rosguill

Deor • Spartaz • Xeno

Angusmclellan • clpo13 • Edgar181 • Matthewedwards • NCurse

CheckUser changes

Bradv • Casliber • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno

Oversight changes

Bradv • Casliber • DGG • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno

Someguy1221

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.

Arbitration

The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.

Miscellaneous

This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Request for new page creation

Hi User:Amortias,

I would like to request you for an article that is restricted by an admin. I tried to contact the protecting admin but with no response. Hence, I am writing to you on behalf of a well-known legal-tech company Knovos to create its page on Wikipedia. You can do a quick search and would find it is a notable company with various third-party articles about it even on top sites including bloomberg and financial times.

I have drafted a short article for the same with abundant references and adhering to Wikipedia guidelines. I can send that across to you for a quick review if required.

Request you to kindly guide me further.

Hardeep.pathak (talk) 06:05, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Hardeep.pathak: Amortias is not a very active administrator, having made only two edits since September 2018, so you are unlikely to receive a timely response. I suggest you contact the protecting admin, Jimfbleak, again if you have actually followed his advice on your talk page and re-written the draft in a non-promotional tone.-- P-K3 (talk) 14:41, 15 January 2020 (UTC)