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- 1 Precious anniversary
- 2 Extended confirmed protection
- 3 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
- 4 Please comment on Talk:Vani Hari
- 5 Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge
- 6 Please comment on Talk:Dinesh D'Souza
- 7 Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
- 8 A new user right for New Page Patrollers
- 9 Please comment on Talk:John Furlong (sports administrator)
- 10 Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
- 11 Chicago Meetup at Sulzer Regional Library!
- 12 Please comment on Talk:Donald Trump–Russia dossier
- 13 Tech News: 2017-13
- 14 Tech News: 2017-14
- 15 Tech News: 2017-15
- 16 4th GA Cup - Wrap Up
- 17 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
- 18 Bots Newsletter, April 2017
- 19 Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
- 20 Tech News: 2017-16
- 21 Tech News: 2017-17
- 22 You've got mail
- 23 May 2017 WikiCup newsletter
- 24 Tech News: 2017-18
- 25 Administrators' newsletter – May 2017
- 26 Tech News: 2017-19
- 27 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
- 28 Tech News: 2017-20
- 29 Please comment on Help talk:Citation Style 1
- 30 Tech News: 2017-21
- 31 Tech News: 2017-22
- 32 Administrators' newsletter – June 2017
- 33 Tech News: 2017-23
- 34 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
- 35 The Signpost: 9 June 2017
- 36 Tech News: 2017-24
- 37 Nomination for deletion of Template:Deletionlist-Canadian province
- 38 Request to add wki page for Rod Halvorson
Precious anniversary
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Extended confirmed protection
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581 | 3.0 | Vietnam Airlines (talk) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Add sources |
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3,477 | 3.0 | Wyoming (talk) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Cleanup |
20 | 1.0 | B. D. Sharma (talk) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Cleanup |
13 | 2.0 | Barjees Tahir (talk) | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Cleanup |
44,266 | 3.0 | United States (talk) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Expand |
413 | 3.0 | Alan Keyes (talk) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Expand |
11 | 2.0 | Index of Iowa-related articles (talk) | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Expand |
3,608 | 3.0 | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (talk) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Unencyclopaedic |
916 | 2.0 | Social reformers of India (talk) | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Unencyclopaedic |
994 | 2.0 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota (talk) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Unencyclopaedic |
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2,318 | 2.0 | Idaho (talk) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Wikify |
5 | 2.0 | DLA Piper New Zealand (talk) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Wikify |
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5 | 1.0 | Advances in Developing Human Resources (talk) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Orphan |
2 | 1.0 | Air ambulance services in Greece (talk) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Orphan |
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6 | 1.0 | Mike Sexton (politician) (talk) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Stub |
11 | 1.0 | Herzog, Fox & Ne'eman (talk) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Stub |
40 | 1.0 | Garry Edmundson (talk) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Stub |
4 | 1.0 | Thomas D. Waterman (talk) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Stub |
3 | 1.0 | Signpost Corner, Isle of Man (talk) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Stub |
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Please comment on Talk:Vani Hari
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Please comment on Talk:Dinesh D'Souza
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,
Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi Philosopher.
A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.
It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.
If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:48, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:John Furlong (sports administrator)
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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.
- NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
- Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13
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- A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
- Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
- Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.
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- When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
- Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
- The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.
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- The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.
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- JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.
13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Chicago Meetup at Sulzer Regional Library!
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Please comment on Talk:Donald Trump–Russia dossier
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Tech News: 2017-13
14:46, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Tech News: 2017-14
17:53, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
Tech News: 2017-15
18:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
4th GA Cup - Wrap Up
Hello, GA Cup competitors! Saturday, April 1 concluded the 2016-2017 GA Cup. 64 reviews were completed by our finalists. Although the backlog increased by 42 over the reviewing period instead of declining, the increase suggests that the contest is encouraging editors to nominate articles for review. Congratulations to Shearonink, who is the winner of the Cup, finishing with 672 points! Once again, just as in last round, this is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! It was a close race for second place between Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, who achieved 164 points, and Sturmvogel_66, who earned 150. Though Sturmvogel_66 reviewed one more article than Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga managed to earn 14 points more due to reviewing older articles. Our two wildcard competitors, Kees08 and Chris troutman, came in fourth and fifth, respectively. There were some bumps in the competition this time: The sign-up deadline and the first round were both extended due to fewer competitors signing up then was planned for. And there were delays in tallying points and getting out the newsletter. The judges apologize for this latter difficulty. Lastly, mid-way through the competition we bid farewell to Zwerg Nase, who stepped down from their position as judge due to other commitments. Information about the Final can be found here. Thank you to all of our competitors, and congrats to our winners! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.
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Bots Newsletter, April 2017
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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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Tech News: 2017-16
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Tech News: 2017-17
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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)
Tech News: 2017-18
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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.
Tech News: 2017-19
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Tech News: 2017-22
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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.
Tech News: 2017-23
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Deletionlist-Canadian province
Template:Deletionlist-Canadian province has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:13, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
Request to add wki page for Rod Halvorson
Rod Halvorson 1979-1995 Iowa House of Representatives (#46 & 13) 1995-1999 Iowa Senate (#7)
Contact: halvorrod@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.144.188 (talk) 16:07, 14 June 2017 (UTC)