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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).
- Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.
- Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
- The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.
- Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
- Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.
DraftCleaner script may be causing citation issues
Some changes that DraftCleaner apparently made to Sea level rise caused errors in some citations. I thought you should be aware of this possible issue before you use it again. Cheers for a COVID-free 2023! —RCraig09 (talk) 21:35, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know, will take more care in the future. I really wish that the diff view was better at displaying large sets of minor edits, so it's easier to check what has happened when you run scripts like this. Maybe that'll be my wish for the meta:Community Wishlist Survey 2023... —Femke 🐦 (talk) 07:48, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
Contentious topics procedure now in effect
You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to updates on the Arbitration Committee's contentious topics procedure revision process.
In December, the Arbitration Committee adopted the contentious topics procedure, which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period.
- For a detailed summary of the changes from the discretionary sanctions system, see WP:DSVSCT.
- A brief guide for administrators may be found at Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Administrator instructions.
- Updated templates may be found at Template:Contentious topics.
- Suggestions and concerns may be directed to the arbitration clerk team at WT:AC/C.
The drafting arbitrators warmly thank all those who have worked to implement the new procedure during this implementation period and beyond. KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 19:44, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
- Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Contentious topics procedure now in effect
Reviewer permissions
Hi Femke! I posted a request for pending changes reviewer permission a few days ago, but I do not believe it's been reviewed yet--I did see some people who had posted after me already received decisions. I'd really appreciate you letting me know whenever you have a moment whether my request can be granted. Thanks so much! Ppt91 (talk) 00:15, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hello. This is laziness on my side. I saw a copyright warning, and wanted to have a closer look before making a decision. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:03, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you! I appreciate it. Ppt91 (talk) 17:12, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Femke! It has now been 18 days since my permission was granted for a trial period and I was wondering if my activity has been sufficient to grant permanent permission. I've been active in addressing pending changes, including providing explicit reasons for reverts and engaging with users in cases of vandalism. Moreover, I've also been active as a rollbacker, using both Twinkle and Huggle to revert vandalism, and feel that I have sufficient experience to be granted this right on permanent basis. Of course, I will be happy to wait longer should you decide more experience is required. Thank you so much! I appreciate your taking the time to look into this. Ppt91 (talk) 17:52, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you! I appreciate it. Ppt91 (talk) 17:12, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).
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- Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
- Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.
- The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.
- The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
- In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
- Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
- Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.
Extended confirmed
Hey Femke. Might want to give your alt extendedconfirmed. There was a GARCloser bug earlier that was caused by an article your alt was delisting being extended confirmed protected. Hope this helps :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 18:11, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Good idea :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:27, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for 1995 Quebec referendum
1995 Quebec referendum has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:08, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
- I closed the individual GAR as "Keep - no consensus" and set this a community review page. As a participant in the previous discussion, you are invited to comment on the community review page. Z1720 (talk) 15:08, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Hi, re this close: what's the Category:GAR/69 for? It doesn't exist. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:10, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
- That's automatically added by @Novem Linguae's GANReviewTool. The 69 stands for the 69th archive. It seems like the script updates a template when a new archive is made, but no new category is created. Can the tool also make that category? Do we need these categories? —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:12, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
- Good catch. Sure, I can update GANReviewTool to add some wikitext to the category when it adds an article to it. As to why these categories are used, your guess is as good as mine. Although I will note they correspond to the GAR logs, e.g. Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Archive 69 –Novem Linguae (talk) 21:16, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
GAR needed at Reptile (Mortal Kombat)
Hi, could you open up GAR reassessment on this article, it seems like it has been like this for years without being updated. The reception is too short + multiple unsource sentences. 2001:4455:689:B100:1567:343E:48B8:479D (talk) 02:57, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
In appreciation
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For being a source of consistent reason and sound logic at you-know-where. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:20, 19 February 2023 (UTC) |
- You-know-where does make it sound ominous 🎃. GAR and FAR are places where there is always a risk of the atmosphere derailing, as people aren't happy when their projects are taken there. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 21:14, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
GA promotion
Hi Femke, I noticed that your close of the East Timor GAN moved the GA tag inside the Wikiproject banner shell. I was wondering if the tool did that or you edited it manually? CMD (talk) 15:05, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
- That was the tool. Not sure if that is expected behaviour.. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:31, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
A Barnstar for you!!!
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For your participation and help at Wikipedia:Good Article proposal drive 2023. It wouldn't have been such a success without you. 🏵️Etrius ( Us) 02:25, 22 February 2023 (UTC) |
Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).
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- Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
- Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
- A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.
- The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.
- Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
- The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
- A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.
- The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
- Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
- The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a
[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing
. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.
Help needed
Hi Femke! I don't know many admins, so please excuse me. I'm having troubles for a week or so because my ip address was blocked, even though it's a provider's one and I didn't see any vandals using it. IP address: 147.235.204.62. Internet Service Provider: Bezeq- THE ISRAEL TELECOMMUNICATION CORP. LTD
. I tried to get IP exemption, but my email to check users got unanswered. Do you know what can I do about it? The IP is dynamic and I can't do anything with my provider, but I was never blocked and don't know all the policies about it. Artem.G (talk) 16:03, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
- Pardon the interruption, but I once had the same problem, which I resolved by turning off the VPN in my Norton 360. This may not be your problem at all, but I thought I'd suggest. Good luck! —RCraig09 (talk) 21:24, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Artem.G: I sent an email yesterday, not sure you got it. Per WP:IPECPROXY, this is best left to checkusers. The IP was blocked by User:ST47's bot, I believe in some automated fashion. ST47, could you have a look at this? Thanks! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 18:03, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
World War II and the history of Jews in Poland: Arbitration case opened
Hello Femke,
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 04, 2023, which is when the first evidence phase closes. Submitted evidence will be summarized by Arbitrators and Clerks at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland/Evidence/Summary. Owing to the summary style, editors are encouraged to submit evidence in small chunks sooner rather than more complete evidence later.
Details about the summary page, the two phases of evidence, a timeline and other answers to frequently asked questions can be found at the case's FAQ page.
For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.
For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:14, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
Signups open for The Core Contest
The Core Contest—Wikipedia's most exciting contest—will take place this year from April 15 to May 31. The goal: to improve vital or other core articles, with a focus on those in the worst state of disrepair. Editing can be done individually, but in the past groups have also successfully competed. There is £300 of prize money divided among editors who provide the "best additive encyclopedic value". Signups are open now. Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24.
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Netherlands article
Hey, Femke! I've just created Palmwood shipwreck and was looking at WikiProject Netherlands for someone who might be willing to take a look. I've found a lot of sources in English, but there may be some in Dutch that I'm not finding because I'm not using the right search terms. I see that this might not be within your areas of interest, so if you're not interested, no worries! Valereee (talk) 16:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- I've asked somebody with an interest in Texel and ships offwiki. The sources on the Dutch version of the article don't seem very in-depth at a glance. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- And I just discovered the Dutch version after some bot connected the two! Thanks! Valereee (talk) 17:14, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- They recommended the museum website: https://kaapskil.nl/het-palmhoutwrak/. Already cited in the article, but all information is also available in English, so it may be an easier source to use that it looks at first glance. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:38, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- And I just discovered the Dutch version after some bot connected the two! Thanks! Valereee (talk) 17:14, 17 March 2023 (UTC)