Administrators' newsletter – April 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).
- An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.
- Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the
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rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928) - When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)
- Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
- A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
- A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.
UTRS appeal #56969
I'm sending this to you as you performed the block and I figure the user wants confidentiality. You'll see what I mean. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:27, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
- All done, thanks for the heads up! RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:34, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
Delete a Draft
Hello, can you please delete this draft Draft:Mirette Elhariri because It is a cross wiki promotion and has been deleted several times like here Draft:Mirette El Hariri, and you should find a way to stop its continues re-creation. 197.52.1.155 (talk) 13:14, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
Again, the draft has been re-created in different name Draft:Mirette Hariri, I hope after you delete it, protect it and protect this one as well Draft:Mirette El-Hariri, we need to stop this mess. 197.52.222.107 (talk) 16:10, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks so much, but don't forget to protect this deleted draft as well Draft:Mirette El-Hariri because he might re-create it again. as he did with Draft:Mirette El Hariri. 197.52.202.36 (talk) 17:08, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
MouseHorse
Can you whack User:BaboonMoon too, please? Obviously the same editor. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:23, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- He's sleeping wid da fishes. RickinBaltimore (talk) 23:29, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- [1] ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:32, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
New administrator activity requirement
The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.
Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work. |
22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Is this OK?
In the article Otis T. Carr, a social security number is on the page. The subject died 40 years ago. Is this OK? I would think it should be deleted and REVDEL'ed, but what do I know? Thanks for listening. Jacona (talk) 16:23, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Can you link to the edit that had the SSN? I can't find it when I looked through the edits. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:43, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- It's still in the article, has been since 2007, buried in the references. [2]Jacona (talk) 11:59, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- I've just sent a request to have this oversighted. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:03, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for bringing this to my attention, it's been oversighted. If you see something like this in the future, you can go here: Special:EmailUser/Oversight to get the Oversight team to remove the offending text. I only have the ability to revdel, so it would still be visible to admins. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:18, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- I've just sent a request to have this oversighted. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:03, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- It's still in the article, has been since 2007, buried in the references. [2]Jacona (talk) 11:59, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
Jenny/eon337
Hello? It this a person who used to go by Rahfu? I've heard you're interested in an old internet user named Jenny, also known as eon337. Created something called the "longest text ever". If you're willing to talk, I have some information on this person I'd like to share, and I'd like to hear what you know. If this is the wrong person, deepest apologies. RedG (talk) 08:37, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- Not me I'm afraid! RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:51, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).
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- Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
- Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.
- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).
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- Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
- The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.
- Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
- An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Block evasion
Hi Rick, in May, you blocked an IP user, Special:Contributions/158.181.81.24, for 3 months. Special:Contributions/158.181.83.72 appears to be the same user, based on the types of articles being edited. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 19:59, 24 June 2022 (UTC)