User talk:Ergo Sum/Archive 8
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Promotion of 1838 Jesuit slave sale
1838 Jesuit slave sale scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 22 May 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 22, 2022, or to make more comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/May 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:46, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
New administrator activity requirement
The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.
Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
- Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
- Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period
Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.
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DYK for Holy Trinity Church (Philadelphia)
On 22 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Holy Trinity Church (Philadelphia), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia, established in 1784, was the first national parish in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Holy Trinity Church (Philadelphia). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Holy Trinity Church (Philadelphia)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
- Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.
Technical news
- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.
Arbitration
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
Editing newsletter 2022 – #1
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.
Technical news
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
- The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.
Arbitration
- Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
- An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.
Promotion of Enoch Fenwick
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Category:Burials in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York) has been nominated for renaming
Category:Burials in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York) has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 01:20, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
TFA
Thank you today for 1838 Jesuit slave sale, introduced: "This article has been a long time in the making and is long overdue. It is about a fascinating historical event that has become the subject of much inquiry in recent years."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:02, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- Also wanted to say thank you for your work on this very interesting topic. ITBF (talk) 06:05, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you Gerda Arendt and ITBF. Appreciate the feedback. Have a delightful weekend. Ergo Sum 17:34, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
J. Havens Richards TFA nomination
Letting you know that as the August TFA scheduler I have gone for Political history of medieval Karnataka for the 15th. Perhaps you could renominate for his birth date? Gog the Mild (talk) 12:55, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- Gog the Mild Thanks for letting me know. Ergo Sum 13:01, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).
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Technical news
user_global_editcountis a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.
Miscellaneous
- The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.
Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
- An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.
Technical news
- The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
- Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)
Arbitration
- The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.
Miscellaneous
- You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
- Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
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Editing news 2022 #2
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TFA
Thank you today for Benedict Joseph Fenwick! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:53, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you, as always, Gerda Arendt. Ergo Sum 11:20, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).
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- A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
- An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.
Technical news
- The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
- The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.
Arbitration
- An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
- The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.
Miscellaneous
- The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
- Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.
Succession Boxes
In 2015, I started to standardize the bishops pages. They were a hodgepodge of styles, from names to titles to dioceses. I made a template and proceeded to work on them, a nightmare that took me two weeks to complete 400+ pages. One thing that I noticed was that for bishops who were auxiliaries, some had the Auxiliary post on the Succession Box, some didn't. Nevertheless, they all were going to have the post when I was done. My take is that succession not only is who you succeed but also the dioceses from where you come from. The latest thing I standardize was the "Prior Post" parameter in the infobox a couple of months ago. It should read top down with the prior post first and the first assignment last, on a bulleted list. Well, that didn't last too long as users were inverting the list. Same thing happens with the Auxiliaries, they get wiped out. I should open another login for the bishops that way I can look at the watchlist to see what get edited. Yes, it's frustrating since I'm putting in the time and effort.Roberto221 (talk) 00:06, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
- Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
- Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.
Technical news
- The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.
Arbitration
- Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
- A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
- The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.
Miscellaneous
- An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
- You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
- An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
- Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
I noticed that there is a redirect from "Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia" to Secular Franciscan Order. AFAIK they are Third Order Franciscans not Seculars. There was a good bit of discussion at Third Order of Saint Francis whether to delete or split (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Third Order of Saint Francis) also see Talk:Third Order of Saint Francis. The women's US congregations have been split to the pending draft in order to make the Main somewhat less unwieldy. In the course of that the Srs. of Philly got their own article. However, if there is already a page named "Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia" can the draft actually be accepted? Or should the content be moved to the already existing page? This is somewhat above my pay scale. Manannan67 (talk) 08:45, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Manannan67: It's been hard to find out what the Sisters of Philadelphia are actually categorized as. From what I could find, I thought they were Seculars, which is a sub-branch of Third Orders. But as to the redirect, yes, an administrator can delete the redirect (since it has no history) and move the draft into that name. Ergo Sum 14:09, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
Requesting to take action against User:PikiranHati
The user PikiranHati has consistently vandalizing the Songket page. I hope you will restrict him for doing any further damage.
[[1]] Tellisavas (talk) 11:30, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Robert J. Fulton
On 21 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert J. Fulton, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1875, Robert J. Fulton moved Boston College by 60 feet (18 m)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert J. Fulton. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Robert J. Fulton), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
- An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.
Arbitration
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
- The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
- AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
Miscellaneous
- The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
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Your GA nomination of Robert J. Fulton
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Robert J. Fulton you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Therapyisgood -- Therapyisgood (talk) 19:21, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 24 December 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/December 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 11:56, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Edward V. Boursaud
On 9 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edward V. Boursaud, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Edward V. Boursaud was the first American assistant secretary to the Jesuit Superior General for the English-speaking world? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edward V. Boursaud. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Edward V. Boursaud), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
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See messages on Commons
Hello, I left you some messages on Commons but I noticed you're more active here. Since some of them relate to tags I put on images that will result in the images being deleted in a few days, I wanted to give you this additional heads-up. See c:User talk:Ergo Sum#License_tags_seem_wrong. I thank you for your contributions; I just want to make sure that Commons images are actually free. Micler (talk) 19:26, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, Micler. I've been busy offline the past week. I'll respond to your message on WC. Ergo Sum 19:34, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
J. Havens Richards scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 8 November 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 8, 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:50, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you for the article "about a Jesuit whose journey to becoming the president of Georgetown University started with his secret baptism as an infant. He eventually became one of the most significant presidents in the university's history and helped to bring it into the modern age."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:46, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
- A pleasure to hear from you, Gerda Arendt. Nature is so beautiful. Ergo Sum 11:52, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
- thank you - yesterday I travelled, and am now in the same country as the university ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:56, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
- Somewhere pleasant, I hope. Ergo Sum 11:57, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
- look (under November songs) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- Happy Thanksgiving - Bach said it in music for peace --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:49, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
- A most happy Thanksgiving to you too, Gerda Arendt. Ergo Sum 14:16, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Robert J. Fulton
The article Robert J. Fulton you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold 
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Robert J. Fulton for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Therapyisgood -- Therapyisgood (talk) 01:41, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Linking to redirects on J. Havens Richards
I had read at WP:NOTBROKEN that wiki-links should be simplified where possible, did I understand it wrong or are there just edge cases/exceptions? Mesidast (talk) 00:41, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
- The first sentence of that policy, I believe is instructive and controlling. While it is permissible to link to redirects, it is not a good practice to go through articles to change links from valid links to redirects. Ergo Sum 16:18, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
- The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
- An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.
Technical news
- A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)
Arbitration
- Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
- The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
- The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
- A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.
Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add
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Your GA nomination of Robert J. Fulton
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Seasons Greetings
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Thank you today for Francis Neale, "about one of the important figures in the development of Catholicism in the Maryland & DC area and a prominent Jesuit in the early United States." - Enjoy the day, and the season! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:14, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
- A merry Christmas to you, Gerda Arendt. I had occasion to visit your delightful Deutschland not long ago. Ergo Sum 14:28, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
- Interesting, - where? - Our singing pictured on my talk, and today also pictured the soprano of our choral concert of the year. More in the context: User talk:Gerda Arendt#DYK for Talia Or, in case of interest. - Enjoy the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
- Happy New Year to you! And in belated answer to your question, I was throughout Bavaria. Ergo Sum 19:37, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
- Interesting, - where? - Our singing pictured on my talk, and today also pictured the soprano of our choral concert of the year. More in the context: User talk:Gerda Arendt#DYK for Talia Or, in case of interest. - Enjoy the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).
Administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.
Arbitration
- Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
- The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
- Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.
Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
- Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.
Technical news
- The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
- In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
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Nomination of List of cocktails named after New York City boroughs for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cocktails named after New York City boroughs until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:18, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Editing news 2023 #1
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This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:
- The Editing team will finish adding new features to the Talk pages project and deploy it.
- They are beginning a new project, Edit check.
Talk pages project
The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for Discussion tools.
It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Add topic" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.
An A/B test for Discussion tools on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Discussion tools. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.
New Project: Edit Check
The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "Publish changes". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more.
–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
- Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
- A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.
Technical news
- The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.
Arbitration
- Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
- The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
- A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.
Miscellaneous
- The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
- Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
- The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a
[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing
. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.
TFA?
Hi Ergo Sum. You have an article at TFA Potential for 15 May. If you wish to nominate it at TFA Requests, the time window for this is now open. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:41, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up, Gog the Mild. Almost forgot about it. I'll do that. Ergo Sum 15:56, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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- Great to hear from you, Gerda Arendt. Ergo Sum 11:22, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Bulleted lists are deprecated?
Can you give a citation for this claim? Thanks. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:25, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
- I thought there was an MOS provision for this, but after reading through the MOS, I can't quite seem to find a direction deprecating them. MOS:LISTBULLET does instruct that bullets should be avoided when text will do. I suppose my instinct is just a product of convention then. I don't really think it's best practice to list things in bullet form except for in accepted sections (e.g. See also) or inside templates. Ergo Sum 19:36, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks. I am generally opposed to putting things in tables if they aren't tabular data and bulleted or ordered lists are often appropriate for sequences of events. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:25, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.
Technical news
- Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
- The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
- A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.
Arbitration
- The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
- A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.
Your recent contributions to New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department. The official account of me (talk) 12:06, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
User:The official account of me
Hello. I saw that you blocked for User:The official account of me a week. I'd like to request that it be made a indefinite block, as they are very clearly a vandalism only account. I've just finished cleaning up after them and replying to several people who were surprised to receive this warning. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:23, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.
Arbitration
- The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.
Miscellaneous
- The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.