- I am obsessed by the plain facts:
- writing them literally down
- is all the poetry I can.
Know that I esteem my editorial independence. Even as
- an editor professionally connected to Kickstarter
I reject payment to edit or advocate on anyone's behalf.
· Assisted edits done as user:helsabot
· My original contribs are dedicated to the public domain.
· Selected articles
Your GA nomination of Kronstadt rebellion
The article Kronstadt rebellion you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Kronstadt rebellion for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 08:02, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
Congats Czar! I am so happy about it! I dropped by to tell you hi after so long time, and I was thrilled to see that your GAN was successful- and a very interesting article indeed. Cinadon36 15:25, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
"Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 20#Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 06:42, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Moynihan Train Hall
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Books & Bytes - Issue 42
Books & Bytes
Issue 42, November – December 2020
- New EBSCO collections now available
- 1Lib1Ref 2021 underway
- Library Card input requested
- Libraries love Wikimedia, too!
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Robert Service move
I was just going to move Robert Service back to Robert Service (disambiguation) but I thought I'd talk about it here first. I believe "Robert Service" is the primary topic for Robert W Service. I'm not sure why you say otherwise. I have books of his poetry that only say Robert Service... no "W" at all. I believe "Robert Service" should redirect to the poet, and if you still insist otherwise there should be an RfC on the move. Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:27, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).
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- The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover
post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people
, replacing the 1932 cutoff.
- The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover
- Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!
Unabomber manifesto
Just wanted to thank you for writing Unabomber manifesto - quite an interesting topic, isn't it? I was surprised to see it was created relatively recently - always cool to see the encyclopedia expanding. Have a great day! Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 01:27, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: January 2021
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Fresno Nightcrawler article
Hi, I've recently been working on creating a page on the topic of the Fresno Nightcrawler, which you can find at the top of my Sandbox. I noticed that a similar page was deleted in 2019 for failing WP:NFRINGE and having "dodgy citing", with examples of this included. I feel that there may now be sufficient coverage of the topic by reliable sources (including The Fresno Bee) to warrant an article, and was wondering what steps I would take to make this a reality. Thanks, -JJonahJackalope (talk) 20:00, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- For reference: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fresno nightcrawler
- Hi @JJonahJackalope, Fresno nightcrawler had more sources when it was deleted—it's more about the quality of the sources than the count. Based on the sources in Special:PermanentLink/1006684397#History_2, I'd wager that the sourcing is still insufficient, though you are welcome to reach out to participants in the last discussion. Grunge.com[1] and Ranker both look like content farms. We'd be looking for significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources. (?) If you were to recreate the article, it would likely go back to AfD based on the current sourcing. The alternative is to continue to incubate it in your sandbox or draftspace until better sourcing emerges. czar 22:48, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response, I think at the current time I'm going to keep it in sandbox and wait until I can find better sources for it before publishing. Thanks, -JJonahJackalope (talk) 00:30, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
February 17: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Service Coordination
I'm not sure it should have been closed yet, besides the nominator mine is the only !vote. IMHO relisting would have been better. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Dodger67, are you requesting that it be relisted? Otherwise the arguments were sound and the relist procedure is to treat it as an expired PROD before relisting. czar 01:27, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Wikiproject Video games Newsletter survey
Hello czar! I'm conducting a feature for the video games newsletter similar to that of a survey. I'm going to ask users their opinions on a specific matter and highlight unique and common answers to determine consensus on a subject. Your input would be very valuable, alongside others, to help answer this question.
The question is: How do you determine what makes a video game character notable enough for their own page? Do you follow pre-existing guidelines or have your own opinions on the matter?
Panini🥪 22:22, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Panini!, sorry I missed this—are you still looking for responses? If so, I can put something together. czar 18:22, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
- Czar, As the very lazy person I am, I'm waiting until the last minute to put the survey together. So yes, I would appreciate your response! Panini🥪 19:35, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
- Czar, I'm about to put something together, so if you would like to respond now is the last chance. Panini🥪 10:37, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).
- TJMSmith
- Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley
Interface administrator changes
- A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
- A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
- A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the
delete-redirect
userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect. - A request for comment asks if sysops may
place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions
? - There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.
- When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
- When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
- There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (phab:T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (phab:T275322).
- By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions
authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people.
Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions. - The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for
the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed
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- By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions
- Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.
WikiCup 2021 March newsletter
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
- Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
- Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
- ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
- Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
- Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
- The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
- Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
- Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
- Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
- Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.
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. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something 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 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:25, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
Sat Mar 6: Met Women's History Month Virtual Edit Meet-up
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This Month in GLAM: February 2021
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Sat Mar 13: Asia Art Archive in America: Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon
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March 17: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC with Wikimedia Community Ireland for St Patrick's Day
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Nomination of Premise (company) for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Premise (company) 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.
DGG ( talk ) 22:29, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 42
Books & Bytes
Issue 42, January – February 2021
- New partnerships: PNAS, De Gruyter, Nomos
- 1Lib1Ref
- Library Card
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WikiLoop 2020 Year in Review
Dear editors, developers and friends:
Thank you for supporting Project WikiLoop! The year 2020 was an unprecedented one. It was unusual for almost everyone. In spite of this, Project WikiLoop continued the hard work and made some progress that we are proud to share with you. We also wanted to extend a big thank you for your support, advice, contributions and love that make all this possible.
Head over to our project page on Meta Wikimedia to read a brief 2020 Year in Review for WikiLoop.
Thank you for taking the time to review Wikipedia using WikiLoop DoubleCheck. Your work is important and it matters to everyone. We look forward to continuing our collaboration through 2021!
María Cruz
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).
- Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
- Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the
delete-redirect
userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.
- When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
- Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)
- A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.
This Month in GLAM: March 2021
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Nomination for deletion of Template:De minimis
Template:De minimis has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Aasim (talk) 00:21, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
April 21: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC with with Environmental focus
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RevDel request
Hello, sorry to bother you. Is it possible to revdel this edit? --Ashleyyoursmile! 06:01, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
- Done czar 06:13, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
WikiCup 2021 May newsletter
The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in Round 2 were:
- The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
- Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
- Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
- Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
- Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
- Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
- Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
- Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.
Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
Empiricism?
I'm puzzling over this passage in the article on Chomsky's book Reflections on Language: "blank slate upon which psychological and social forces act (empiricism)" -- Why the word "empiricism"? It seems misplaced at best. Regards, Anomalous+0 (talk) 22:09, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).
Interface administrator changes
- Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
- The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.
- The user group
oversight
will be renamed tosuppress
. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.
- The user group
- The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.
Books & Bytes – Issue 43
Books & Bytes
Issue 43, March – April 2021
- New Library Card designs
- 1Lib1Ref May
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This Month in GLAM: April 2021
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Wikiproject Video games Newsletter survey
I'm conducting another survey for the Wikiproject Video games Newsletter. If you could leave your thoughts on the matter it would be greatly appreciated. Every response will be compiled into a MOS-Esque answer that balances the thoughts of our top contributors. You're one of them! The question is as follows:
What would you consider the requirements of making a video game series article? What about franchise articles?
If you would like to respond, please ping me here and write your reply. I'll handle the rest. Thanks in advance, Panini!🥪 14:49, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
"Palantir" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Palantir. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 May 7#Palantir until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 162 etc. (talk) 20:58, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
May 19: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC
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"Wikipedia:ROSE" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Wikipedia:ROSE. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 May 25#Wikipedia:ROSE until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. -- Tamzin (she/they, no pref.) | o toki tawa mi. 21:57, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Is italicized
Template:Is italicized has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 14:38, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Discussion at WT:FFD § Delsort tags revisted
You are invited to join the discussion at WT:FFD § Delsort tags revisted. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:20, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
Audubon moves
I'm not the smartest when it comes to dab pages and the like, I'll admit that. But was there some kind of requested move or other consensus-reaching discussion that I missed? Sro23 (talk) 15:51, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hi @Sro23, nope, just bold. In my topical searches, the National Audubon Society was far and away the primary topic for "Audubon". If it's contested, I can revert for a formal discussion. czar 01:03, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs recorded by Arch Enemy (2nd nomination)
The discussion seems to have been erroneously closed to redirect to the nominated page. Hog Farm Talk 05:29, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).
- Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless
- Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)
- Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
- Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.
- Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.
- After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.
This Month in GLAM: May 2021
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Happy First Edit Day!
June 16: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC
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Semen Hitler moved
Hello, Czar,
I don't think you saw my last comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Semen Hitler but an editor moved the page to Semyon Hitler so what you deleted was a redirect, not the article itself which you can now find at Semyon Hitler, complete with the AFD tag. I didn't think pages were supposed to be moved during deletion discussions so I questioned whether to move it back. But you closed the discussion soon after I commented. Liz Read! Talk! 05:54, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hi, I saw your comment and usually the XFD closer is better about deleting the true article target but there have been some bugs lately, so appreciate the heads up! It's preferable to move articles before/after the AFD but no prohibition on moving them during the discussion. czar 06:05, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
The future of The Wikiproject Video Games Newsletters
Hey Czar! I would've emailed you about this, but since I'm on the Wikipedia app the "email this user" button doesn't work. I'll just keep stuff anonymous and say it here instead.
I haven't been getting responses from Thibbs this past week about questions I have about the Video Games Newsletter but I have gotten an email from him yesterday. He filled me in on what's happening in his life at the moment (he mentioned you are aware of what) and said he will be out for an indefinite amount of time. Due to the lack of participation in the Newsletter from GamerPro64 and the retirement from IAS that leaves just me on the Newsletter; I'm new to it, and have gotten Thibbs to help all this time, and with him gone, I have no idea what I'm doing! Hehe...
I'm gonna break this up into two pieces because I dont want to risk clicking the back arrow and losing this whole Ted Talk. More info in a second. Panini!🥪 02:58, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Okay, I haven't seen you around at all but there's a reason why I'm telling you all of this. Here's an excerpt from his email to me:
"He (Czar) has expressed the view that the WP:VG Newsletter should be merged into the The Signpost as a special section. I know GP64 has worked with The Signpost too so he may be helpful if that seems to be the best course going forward."
And due to these events, I think this is the best course going forward. He explained how he has gone out before and the Newsletter next to collapsed because of it, and it left GamerPro doing it all by themself about 3 years ago. I think this will be a repeat of those events. And, since GP64 hasn't been active in the field I doubt they have any interest in having to do it by force.
I would really appreciate your help in this, because if it gets to the point where arrangements start getting made I will definetely need some help with it. I've only been here a year, after all. I still dont know what a sysop is!
Should I make a post about this on WTVG in hope to get more participants? In my view, I dont think so; I made a post on the unofficial Wikimedia Discord server to yield only one response, who agreed with the decision to bring it up to The Signpost. Should I pull the plug on the Newsletter for good this time and request the merge? Please please please help me out here. Panini!🥪 03:06, 25 June 2021 (UTC)