Barnstars and stuff: User:ThePlatypusofDoom/Shiny Things
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Contents
- 1 NOTE
- 2 Season's Greetings
- 3 Seasons Greetings
- 4 Yo Ho Ho
- 5 Your (seasonal) signature
- 6 Happy New Year, ThePlatypusofDoom!
- 7 Happy New Year ThePlatypusofDoom!
- 8 Thanks
- 9 Re:January 2017
- 10 Counter Vandalism Unit Academy
- 11 Re: Hello
- 12 CVU Academy training
- 13 Could you help me, please?
- 14 A beer for you!
- 15 Pioneer Zephyr
- 16 Old news
- 17 Senpai?
- 18 Willy Munyeta
- 19 CVUA teacher needed.
- 20 Re: A barnstar for you!
- 21 CVUA
- 22 Counter-Vandalism
- 23 Help request
- 24 Rollback rights question
- 25 Speedy Deletion Nomination
- 26 Monitoring period
- 27 CVUA
- 28 Sudeep's Marital Status
- 29 Final Exam
- 30 Thank you so much!
- 31 Apologies
- 32 Don't forget about my course!
- 33 Administrators' newsletter – March 2017
- 34 My RfA chances.
- 35 March 2017 WikiCup newsletter
- 36 WON Awards editing
- 37 A barnstar for you!
- 38 March 2017
- 39 Sea Silk
- 40 Administrators' newsletter – April 2017
- 41 Block notice (JOKE)
- 42 April 2017
- 43 SFUO edits
- 44 Dispute Resolution Noticeboard Volunteer Roll Call
- 45 May 2017 WikiCup newsletter
- 46 Administrators' newsletter – May 2017
- 47 Counter Vandalism Training
- 48 Administrators' newsletter – June 2017
- 49 WikiCup 2017 July newsletter
- 50 Administrators' newsletter – July 2017
- 51 Sunday July 16: New England Wiknic @ Cambridge, MA
- 52 CVUA
- 53 Administrators' newsletter – August 2017
- 54 WikiCup 2017 September newsletter
- 55 Administrators' newsletter – September 2017
- 56 BLP
- 57 CVUA?
- 58 Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
NOTE
Note that if I accidentally reverted your edit, feel free to revert it, if you are cleaning up vandalism, I mess up sometimes. ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 23:13, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
My Archive of Archives
User:ThePlatypusOfDoom/Archive/Archive
Season's Greetings
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Seasons Greetings
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Yo Ho Ho
Your (seasonal) signature
Looks great. Green is dignified, strong and aesthetic. ;) MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 14:34, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Happy New Year, ThePlatypusofDoom!
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Happy New Year ThePlatypusofDoom!
--Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 20:32, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks
I just wanted to stop by and thank you for your revert of my edit on this page. I did not in any way intend to blank the page. While I was attempting to make the changes I intended, my Wikipedia session expired, and the changes were not put through. Instead, the page was blanked. Thanks so much for catching this unintentional error. Today when I realized what I had done, I felt so stupid about it. But I was able to go back in today and make the changes I wanted to make without making the same mistake again. Sorry for the inconvenience, thanks again for catching my error, and best wishes for your continued editing success here on Wikipedia! --Jgstokes (talk) 03:23, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Re:January 2017
My edit on List of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episodes isn't a vandalic act but a restored edit, because it's not necessary to insert that "Story" in the Writers sections. It must remain faithful in the way as shown on the original TV presentation of all episodes. Luigi1090 (talk) 21:15, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Counter Vandalism Unit Academy
Hi! I'm starting to remove vandalism from Wikipedia. Since you're a CVUA trainer, could you train me to fight vandalism? I noticed you are in the Eastern Time Zone, however, I'm in the Mountain Time Zone. What hours are you available for? I'm available from around 3PM to 9PM MST. Anyway, if you consider it, thanks! XboxGamer22408 (talk) 22:34, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @XboxGamer22408: Sure, I'd be happy to help! I'm able to edit from 7:30 to 8 AM (in ET or EST), and pretty much whenever on weekends. I've created your page here. Thanks! ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 00:21, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @ThePlatypusofDoom:OK, I've finished the first assignment. If I am doing everything wrong though, please explain what exactly I'm doing wrong. It just helps immensely if I'm told specifically what I'm doing wrong. XboxGamer22408 (talk) 03:06, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @AWMSSilent:I was wondering if you could train me too. I am in the central time zone. I am available from 8:30am to 9:15am and 10:20am to 11:00am CST, Monday thru Friday. Would that work for you?AWMSSilent (talk) 14:56, 6 January 2017 (UTC)AWMSSilent
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- @AWMSSilent: Hi, the requirement at WP:CVUA says that you need at least 200 mainspace edits to start training. When you've got that many, message me, and I'll be happy to help! ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 16:40, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @AWMSSilent:I don't know what is a quicker way to get mainspace edits, editing or creating an article. And I was hoping that doing counter - vandalism work, I could get quite a bit of contributions.AWMSSilent (talk) 22:40, 6 January 2017 (UTC)AWMSSilent
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- @AWMSSilent: You should get some knowledge of Wikipedia's policies, as well, read this to start off. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:45, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @ThePlatypusofDoom: Hey I've had this account for a while and I was wondering if I could start counter vandalism training now?AWMSSilent (talk) 16:30, 27 February 2017 (UTC)AWMSSilent
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- @AWMSSilent: I can't. You still don't have the required number of edits (you need 200 mainspace edits), and I'm too busy right now to train another person. Come back when you have 200 mainspace edits. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:12, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Re: Hello
It was a bug. The Content Translator tool was set to translate that page to Portuguese, but my work was published in the English Wikipedia article, replacing its content. I would normally realize that within minutes and revert it (like a did here, for example), but you got it faster. Last time I translated a page from EN to PT, it all worked well, though (and that was yesterday). I'll report this bug again in the same place I reported it last time it happened. Sorry for any inconvenience. Victão Lopes Fala! 01:33, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
CVU Academy training
Hello there, I was wondering if you could train me on counter-vandalism, as I saw that you had open student slots over at Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy. I've been editing for a few months now, and been reverting vandalism for a while, but I'm not quite certain that my fundamentals are as in-shape as they should be, and that my understanding of the process is as strong as it should be. If you could mentor me, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm available from 4 PM to 9 PM PST on weekdays, and pretty much whenever on the weekends. Zupotachyon Ping me (talk ⋅ contribs) 04:30, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @Zupotachyon: Sure! I've created your page here: User:ThePlatypusofDoom/CVUA/Zupotachyon ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 12:53, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
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Could you help me, please?
Hi, im User:ilovehorrorstories, I'm here to ask you if could help me add categories into my user page? —Preceding undated comment added 20:18, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
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- Firstly, sign your name after posts. Put 4 tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post to sign. Secondly, you don't need to put categories on your user page. For info about categories, see here. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
A beer for you!
Cheers! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:06, 15 January 2017 (UTC) |
Pioneer Zephyr
Fear not, I only deleted what I was attempting to enter but could not successfully format. BTW, if you are able to take the content box I was attempting to enter and make it work, that would solve the problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.208.11.42 (talk) 23:45, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for explaining! | The | Platypus | of | DOOM! 17:03, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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Old news
...but still: this is a copyvio. Drmies (talk) 20:13, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @Drmies: Sorry about that. I think that was a semi-protected edit request, I should have checked it first. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 20:16, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks. I am not revdeleting a few hundred edits because of that one sentence, though other admins may disagree. There's a bit of to-do about that article and I don't want to lose the history--tell you what, I'm pinging Moonriddengirl. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:21, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @Drmies: Sorry to make so much work! I don't know what I was thinking when I made that edit. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 20:23, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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- Thanks. I am not revdeleting a few hundred edits because of that one sentence, though other admins may disagree. There's a bit of to-do about that article and I don't want to lose the history--tell you what, I'm pinging Moonriddengirl. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:21, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
- @Drmies: Sorry about that. I think that was a semi-protected edit request, I should have checked it first. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 20:16, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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Senpai?
I wish to join the CVU and you are listed as an available trainer? Will you be my sensei in this fight against vandals? -Arkhaminsanity (talk) 16:21, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @Arkhaminsanity: Firstly, post stuff on the bottom of talk pages, not the top. Secondly, at WP:CVUA, it says "Check that you have already made sufficient mainspace edits (generally around 200)". You only have 79 mainspace edits, wait until you get 200 and I'll be happy to train you. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 20:12, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
I'd like to join the CVUA now. Will you teach me the ways of the force? Arkhaminsanity (talk) 09:06, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Arkhaminsanity: I'm too busy, sorry. I've already promised someone else that they can be my next trainee, so I don't think I'll be able to train you for over a month. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 16:05, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Fear not sire, I will learn the ways of the force elsewhere. Thy time is appreciated. Arkhaminsanity (talk) 16:19, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Willy Munyeta
Yeah I'm not sure what to do with this, its a messy bit of POV pushing to be sure. There do appear to be quite a few sources, though I haven't looked too hard at them. InsertCleverPhraseHere 13:06, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @Insertcleverphrasehere: Yeah, it's a mess. I posted at the fringe theories noticeboard about it, and Chrissymad's working on it. I'll work on it later (I'm currently busy). ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 13:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah I didn't have time to work on it either, it seems I've been the only patroller on the New Page Feed for the past 2 hours, and there have been quite a few shockers. Off to bed now, 2 AM here. Good to know somebody else has it handled. InsertCleverPhraseHere 13:12, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
- That Pun Generator is brilliant BTW, I've copied it onto my user page "The roundest knight at King Arthur's table was Sir Cumference. He gained his size from too much pi." >_< InsertCleverPhraseHere 13:14, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
- @Insertcleverphrasehere: Yeah, it's a mess. I posted at the fringe theories noticeboard about it, and Chrissymad's working on it. I'll work on it later (I'm currently busy). ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 13:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
CVUA teacher needed.
Could you please help me improve my anti vandal skills? FriyMan talk 14:25, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
- @Friyman: I'd be happy to help. Your page is here. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 14:58, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
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- @FriyMan: Pinging you again as I broke the first one. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 14:19, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Re: A barnstar for you!
Thank you for the barnstar! It is an honor to receive one from you. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:12, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
@bubblefett: what??/a pun generator and illuminati kittens..AWSOME!!! but i came to talk about the bage awarded by you to robert, the anti-vandilism bage, im wondering if there are any others, just edit me back on my page or here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubblefett (talk • contribs) 15:49, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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- (talk page watcher) @Bubblefett: A word in your shell-like, but you should probably focus more on avoiding making edits like this and less on barnstars. Happy editing. O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 15:55, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
@bubblefett: what who are you talking about i dont understand..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubblefett (talk • contribs) 16:30, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
@bubblefett:why did you flagg my page, ive talked to the wikipedia authorities.my reason is that it states in the wikipedia guidelines that a user may put whatever they want in thier talkpage/homepage, bu it can not be mall intented, my page had a few illuminati mentions, but i was on my way to clean it up after deciding someone may bann me for it, when my page got flagged. And mypage specifically doent promote lluminati or its ideals or iffiliates, i dont praise it whatso ever, and my unhelpfull edits o cabildo counsel and others, i was already punished for majorly, and i learned. so it is in goodwill that i nicely ask that the wise wikipedia admin please correct the flagging of my page. i worke for 4 hours straight hours so please consider a lesser punishment. like a 5 day user page ban at MAX. I really just want to inform people like other wikipedia users, and when i get to my page ill remove all disrespectfull content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubblefett (talk • contribs) 16:44, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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- Huh? This looks to be incoherent rambling to me. Also, why is this conversation on my talk page? ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 17:07, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
CVUA
I can see that you are a teacher at the Counter-Vandalism academy. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to be trained by you. Please consider my application and I hope to talk to you soon! Qaei ☎ 17:39, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Qaei: I'm a little too busy right now, so I can't train anyone else, but one of my students is graduating soon. Come back in a couple weeks and I'll train you. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 18:17, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @ThePlatypusofDoom: Sure, it's fine. All the other trainers are inactive or don't respond XD. Thanks Qaei ☎ 18:25, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @ThePlatypusofDoom:Thanks, that's really kind Qaei ☎ 18:30, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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Counter-Vandalism
Hello, I was wondering if you could train me in the Counter-Vandalism Academy. I would really appreciate it since I'm trying to become a better editor of Wikipedia. So completing these courses would be very helpful.
Bel-Shamharoth (talk) 21:34, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Bel-Samharoth: I'm sorry, but I'm already training 3 people, and I'm fairly busy, so I can't train you right now. I'll ask some other patrollers if they would be willing to mentor you. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:04, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Bel-Shamharoth: If that doesn't work, I'll be able to train you in a month or so. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:05, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @ThePlatypusofDoom: Alright, that'll work. Thanks anyways. Bel-Shamharoth (talk) 00:10, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Bel-Shamharoth: If that doesn't work, I'll be able to train you in a month or so. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:05, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Bel-Samharoth: I'm sorry, but I'm already training 3 people, and I'm fairly busy, so I can't train you right now. I'll ask some other patrollers if they would be willing to mentor you. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:04, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Help request
Hi! I have been asked to write up an editorial for The Signpost. It is at User:Guy Macon/Draft of Signpost Editorial. If you have time, could you give it a quick look and correct any glaring errors you spot? Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 04:04, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Rollback rights question
Hi! If I was to apply for rollback rights now, how would I fare? By the way, I finished my last assignment ;P Qaei ☎ 20:58, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Qaei: I wouldn't apply now, we'll get to that later in the assignment.ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:11, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- @ThePlatypusofDoom: Ok, cool! Qaei ☎ 21:13, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- @ThePlatypusofDoom: After you left IRC this morning, Samtar and I were discussing rollback rights. He said that he would be happy to grant them to me if he got your consent. I wondered what you thought :P Qaei ☎ 22:02, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Qaei: Sure, go ahead. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:03, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @ThePlatypusofDoom: After you left IRC this morning, Samtar and I were discussing rollback rights. He said that he would be happy to grant them to me if he got your consent. I wondered what you thought :P Qaei ☎ 22:02, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
- @ThePlatypusofDoom: Ok, cool! Qaei ☎ 21:13, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- @Qaei: I wouldn't apply now, we'll get to that later in the assignment.ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:11, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Speedy Deletion Nomination
Hi! I've been contributing my work to Wiki since long time. This page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalyan_choudhury) is not based on any promotion, but a reference to who the one is, who has been contributing. I don't think it's a violation, but if it is, please let me know. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalyan Choudhury (talk • contribs) 17:53, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Kalyan Choudhury: It seemed promotional, but that was just one of the reasons I tagged it. "Contributing to Wikipedia" isn't a claim of significance, therefore I tagged it under CSD criterion A7. Also read WP:AUTOBIO. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 19:09, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Monitoring period
@ThePlatypusofDoom: Hi, isn't my 5 day monitoring period done? I am really excited about the final test! FriyMan talk 20:20, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @FriyMan: Thanks for reminding me, I forgot. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:24, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
CVUA
I'd like to be trained on anti-vandalism. Most of my edits are trying to revert vandalism on the Recent Changes page, if you look through my contribs it becomes apparent. Thanks :) Weegeeweeg (talk) 05:06, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
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- @Weegeeweeg: I'm too busy right now to mentor another user. Ask again in a month or so, I might be able to mentor you then. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 14:33, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
- @ThePlatypusofDoom: Alrighty. Thanks for the reply Weegee (talk) (contribs) 14:52, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Sudeep's Marital Status
No no, I'm not asking You to contact the Actor Himself. I was asking whether if You could contact His Personal manager. AradhanaSharon (talk) 07:47, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
- @AradhanaSharon: That would still be a primary source, so no. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 14:34, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Then what should I do so that you could believe.. He is not divorced Sir. Please try to understand. How would people feel reading His biography on Wikipedia. How could newspapers write unless that the court hearings took place. That too, for two times. Why are you not believing. Sudeep's personal manager himself told me that He's not divorced Sir. Those links which I provided you earlier. Aren't those enough for you to believe Sir. What more should I do so that you would believe?! AradhanaSharon (talk) 16:16, 20 February 2017 (UTC)AradhanaSharonAradhanaSharon (talk) 16:16, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
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http://www.ibtimes.co.in/sudeep-priya-divorce-couple-trying-save-their-marriage-711701
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kiccha-sudeeps-marriage-back-track-reunite-wife-priya-684861
Please go through those and take them unto consideration. Thank you. AradhanaSharon (talk) 12:47, 21 February 2017 (UTC)AradhanaSharonAradhanaSharon (talk) 12:47, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Final Exam
Finished the monitoring period! Can't wait to finish the course. Qaei ☎ 18:23, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Thank you so much!
Qaei's Award of Excellence with distinction | ||
I don't know how to thank you enough for teaching me through the CVUA Course, I honestly am extremely grateful for helping me out. I decided that the best way to thank you was my own personal touch, so here you go! Qaei ☎ 17:16, 24 February 2017 (UTC) |
Apologies
Hey there,
Sorry for this edit. I accidentally clicked the rollback button, and I have self-reverted my accidental use of rollback. Thanks for your understanding. --Dps04 (talk) 03:45, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Don't forget about my course!
Hi! I am done with my test. Can you check it? FriyMan talk 19:57, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).
- Amortias • Deckiller • BU Rob13
- Ronnotel • Islander • Chamal N • Isomorphic • Keeper76 • Lord Voldemort • Shereth • Bdesham • Pjacobi
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- A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
- AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
- Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
- The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.
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- A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Wikipedia have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
- Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
- A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.
My RfA chances.
Hi! After finishing my CVUA course I have a few questions to ask you. Do you consider, that I will have a good chance of becoming an admin in approximately in visible future? P. S. Would you consider me capable to start designing my teaching course for CVUA? FriyMan talk 06:51, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
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- @FriyMan: I'm sorry, but you wouldn't have much of a chance at RfA. You would need at least a year of editing, and you'd need to show that you'd be a good admin. Also, I don't think you should start a CVUA training course just yet, wait until you've been on for 6-10 months.ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 18:19, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
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- @FriyMan: Pinging again as the first ping didn't work. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 18:19, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you. I agree, I do not have much chances in RfA, but I will start writing my CVUA guide. FriyMan talk 18:21, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- @FriyMan: I wouldn't start writing a guide.. I'd wait until you had around 6000 edits or so. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 18:22, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- @FriyMan: Pinging again as the first ping didn't work. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 18:19, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
March 2017 WikiCup newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:
- Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
- Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
- 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
- Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.
The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.
So, on to the second round. 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 equally.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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. Good luck! 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 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
WON Awards editing
There's a mess with tables, so I'm fixing them. Yes, you did a mistake, but I also made one mistake. No I'll "fix 'em all".176.36.57.234 (talk) 22:37, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
Your CVUA course is amazing. You are an amazing vandal fighter. Cheers, FriyMan talk 19:19, 8 March 2017 (UTC) |
March 2017
I was reverting Tataral who wants to add a disputed label in first sentence when there's no consensus for it, and probably also constitutes a violation of WP:BLP. Next time please be more careful.--Ganafyj (talk) 00:57, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Delotrooladoo. Sro23 (talk) 01:03, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
Sea Silk
Hi. Thanks for pointing out the error I made. I was trying to reformat the note into an actual note and forgot that there was a second auto generated note in the main body of the text. I re-edited the page and hopefully, everything looks fine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ehgarrick (talk • contribs) 21:58, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).
- TheDJ
- Xnuala • CJ • Oldelpaso • Berean Hunter • Jimbo Wales • Andrew c • Karanacs • Modemac • Scott
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- Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
- The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
- An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
- After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.
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- After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
- Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.
Block notice (JOKE)
Hey! I'm on Australia, get me back on Northern Virginia by plane and get me in I-66! Perhaps I'm a a sock of Supreme Genghis Khan and unblock me lol :D
(Note: Even if you're male, this is not intended to offend you and your fine.) [April Fools!] KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 18:46, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
April 2017
Hello, I'm ThePlatypusofDoom. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Indoline— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:42, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
SFUO edits
I am a student from the University. Not affiliated with the SFUO. The information found in that section can be found in the two citations I used.
Please stop inappropriately deleting the entire section.
@Dvasq090: Firstly, sign your name by putting 4 tildes at the end of your post. Secondly, that section is only cited to one source, and that is discouraged, as it does not confirm the notability of the event. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 01:33, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
I have now added 2 additional sources. Both from the Student newspapers. Sorry about forgetting the signature- Dvasq090 Dvasq090 (talk) 01:41, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
Dispute Resolution Noticeboard Volunteer Roll Call
This is a volunteer roll call sent to you on behalf of the current Dispute Resolution Noticeboard Coordinator, Robert McClenon, and is being sent to you because you have listed yourself as a volunteer at DRN. If you remain interested in helping at DRN and are willing to actively do so by taking at least one case (and seeing it through) or helping with administrative matters at least once per calendar month, please add your name to the roll call list. Those who do not add their name on the roll call list will be removed from the principal volunteer list after May 31, 2017 unless the DRN Coordinator chooses to retain their name for the best interest of DRN or the encyclopedia. Individuals whose names are removed after May 31, 2017, should feel free to re-add their names to the principal volunteer list, but are respectfully requested not to do so unless they are willing to take part at DRN at least one time per month as noted above. No one is going to be monitoring to see if you live up to that commitment, but we respectfully ask that you either live up to it or remove your name from the principal volunteer list.
Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 21:54, 27 April 2017 (UTC) (Not watching this page)
May 2017 WikiCup newsletter
The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:
- Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
- 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
- Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
- Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.
Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.
So, on to 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 10 days of "earning" them. 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 equally.
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. 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. Good luck! 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 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).
- Karanacs • Berean Hunter • GoldenRing • Dlohcierekim
- Gdr • Tyrenius • JYolkowski • Longhair • Master Thief Garrett • Aaron Brenneman • Laser brain • JzG • Dragons flight
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- An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
- Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Wikipedia forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.
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- You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
- There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
- Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)
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- Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.
Counter Vandalism Training
I notice that you have slots open for counter vandalism training. May I please occupy one of these. I will really find the training useful. Thank you. I am at UTC+1 (UTC+0 in winter). Pablothepenguin (talk) 22:29, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
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- @Pablothepenguin: I'm currently not very active, as I am busy, so I can't train you right now. I might be able to in a couple of months. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 23:45, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
- Very well, I'll try someone else. Pablothepenguin (talk) 23:46, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
- @Pablothepenguin: I'm currently not very active, as I am busy, so I can't train you right now. I might be able to in a couple of months. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 23:45, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).
- Doug Bell • Dennis Brown • Clpo13 • ONUnicorn
- ThaddeusB • Yandman • Bjarki S • OldakQuill • Shyam • Jondel • Worm That Turned
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- An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
- Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
- An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.
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- Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.
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- Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.
WikiCup 2017 July newsletter
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. 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 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 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. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! 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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).
- Happyme22 • Dragons flight
- Zad68
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- The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.
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- Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding
?fuzzy=1
to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term. - A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.
- Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding
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- A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
- A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
- Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.
Sunday July 16: New England Wiknic @ Cambridge, MA
Sunday July 16, 1-5pm: New England Wiknic | |
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You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" at John F. Kennedy Park, near Harvard Square, Cambridge, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
We hope to see you there! --Phoebe (talk) 16:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC) |
(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)
CVUA
Hi, Platypus! Remember that conflict we had, when I took a user under my wing and tried to teach him Anti-Vandalism? Well, you told me that I have to wait a bit before doing this? Would you say, that I am ready to do it now? Sincerely, your Cheers, FriyMan talk 19:53, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).
- Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 (first RfA to reach WP:300)
- Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem
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- Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
- A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
- An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.
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- LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
- The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.
WikiCup 2017 September newsletter
Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.
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 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! 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 and Cwmhiraeth 06:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).
- Nakon • Scott
- Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee
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- ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
- Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.
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- You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
- Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
- In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.
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- Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.
BLP
Hey man, I noticed this edit you made - why no source? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:46, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
@Oshwah: Sorry about that. I was planning to get to that later, but forgot about it. I'll revert my edit. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 13:07, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
- No apologies needed - someone just noted it and I thought it was strange. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 13:29, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
CVUA?
Heya! I was wondering if you have time to train me in counter-vandalism, but I notice you've been busy in past months, so if you're still busy no worries! Thanks for your time, MapleSyrupRain (talk) 19:26, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
@MapleSyrupRain: Sorry, I'm not able to right now. I'll probably be back on in a month, and if you haven't found a mentor then, contact me. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 20:07, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).
- Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem
- Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box
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- Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
- Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.
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- You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.
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- Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
- A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.