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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

17:34, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2018

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

Administrator changes

added JustlettersandnumbersL235
removed BgwhiteHorsePunchKidJ GrebKillerChihuahuaRami RWinhunter

Interface administrator changes

added Cyberpower678Deryck ChanOshwahPharosRagesossRitchie333

Oversight changes

removed Guerillero NativeForeigner SnowolfXeno

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
  • Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
  • The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
  • Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
  • Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.

23:38, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

22:40, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

23:11, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

I'm curious why does Legobot message link is made only of anchor? If a message can't include also a thread name, then maybe it should contain info that the link could stop working after some time (30 days). --89.25.210.104 (talk) 17:57, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 October 2018

20:08, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

TFA Protector Bot set protection for 2009 World Series that expired while the page was still TFA. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:05, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@Muboshgu: the bot's actions look correct to me? It was TFA on October 28, and protection was set to expire at 00:00 October 29, which should have been right as it was off the main page. Legoktm (talk) 02:26, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
@Muboshgu: Agree with Legoktm, the protection log shows that TFA Protector Bot (talk · contribs) set the move prot to expire at 00:00, 29 October 2018, which would be at the very moment that Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 28, 2018 was to be replaced on the main page by Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 29, 2018, and hence the same moment that 2009 World Series ceased to be TFA. Perhaps you have not taken time zones into account: TFA changes at 00:00 (UTC), so if you live to the east of the Greenwich Mean Time zone, there may be a few hours each day during which the date where you live is the day after the UTC date. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:15, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
There was quite a bit of vandalism after the protection ended. Maybe it should protect for an extra 12 hours or so then? – Muboshgu (talk) 13:30, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
@Muboshgu: It was a move protection. This does not affect any form of editing, vandalism or otherwise. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:22, 29 October 2018 (UTC)