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Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

readded Al Ameer sonRandykittySpartaz
removed BosonDaniel J. LeivickEfeEsanchez7587Fred BauderGarzoMartijn HoekstraOrangemike

Interface administrator changes

removedDeryck Chan

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
  • A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
  • A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
  • A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
  • Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries


Thank You for your Bot

Thank you for ClueBot NG it always beats me to reverting vandalism. A 10 fireplane Imform me 18:19, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

IP Blanking your Userpage-Subpages

I've went and RBed them all, but for some inexplicable reason someone is just going ham on your Userpages. Geartooth (talk) 11:16, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I think I've taken care of it for now, and if not, I shall apply more powerful magical wards. -- Cobi(t|c|b) 21:59, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

ClueBot NG not reporting to AIV

Hey Cobi,

Is there any update on what is happening with this please? Looking back on ClueBot NG's talk page, this was reported back in October that the last time the bot reported anything to AIV was September 22nd. K6ka pinged you in a discussion on ClueBot NG's talk page. I've just looked over ClueBot NG's edits for the last few days and I've not noticed anything being reported. Is there any update?-- 5 albert square (talk) 02:11, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

New bot

Hi, I've just created User:RF1 Bot that works with your bot. Thought I'd let you know. RhinosF1 (talk) 17:47, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Xmas

Merry Xmas
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to you! Thanks for all your work with the ClueBots this year - makes my job a load easier! 5 albert square (talk) 19:35, 22 December 2018 (UTC)