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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Yaris678.

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 However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less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)[reply]

Ravi Rishi

Hi, you protected a page which had incorrect information (Ravi rishi) - how do you undo the protection and correct the information? There were no criminal charges and you can look at the court documents and other media to see that. Every time I change that - computer undoes the change? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.227.164.234 (talk) 19:54, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. The article does (now) say that the case was closed as there was insufficient evidence. I notice that a a request was recently made on the article's talk page, which was partly done. The responding editor removed the stuff about charges from the infobox.

If you want a change to stick in Wikipedia, it helps to make it as constructive as possible and explain the change in the edit summary.

Yaris678 (talk) 15:33, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Yaris678. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

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Extended confirmed protection policy RfC

You are receiving this notification because you participated in a past RfC related to the use of extended confirmed protection levels. There is currently a discussion ongoing about two specific use cases of extended confirmed protection. You are invited to participate. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk (sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:31, 22 December 2016 (UTC))[reply]

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Yaris678!

Happy New Year!

Yaris678,
Have a prosperous, productive and wonderful New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

--Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 11:56, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

American Academy of Financial Management

Dear Yarish, the AAFM article needs updating. Presently, the article is a combination of falsehoods that were printed by editors who were banned for COI issues. I will fix it again to a readable article that has citations and good and bad comments. Please take a second to monitor it from there. Thanks, Sprintnoodle (talk) 13:50, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Anari cheese

Hello. I see that recently someone asked for indef move protection of Anari cheese, which you applied per your reply and template. However, it seems you also fully edit-protected the article. I was curious if there was a reason for that, or if it was a misclick? ^Avic_ennasis @ 09:01, 22 Tevet 5777 / 09:01, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies. This was an error on my part. I intended only to move protect. I have now removed the edit protection. Yaris678 (talk) 12:34, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I thought it was a simply, honest mistake. Thanks for replying so quickly and taking care of it! ^Avic_ennasis @ 12:45, 22 Tevet 5777 / 12:45, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Desi protection

@Yaris678: Thanks for protecting the page, Desi but I thought "indefinite pending changes" would be more suitable for that page because it is both IP users and registered users who are acting as sockpuppets who are vandalizing the page. Yesterday, Whyyoudothis111111111 (talk · contribs) was the latest banned sockpuppet account of DesiKindInMahMind (talk · contribs) who was making the same edits. I appreciate your effort of protecting the page but registered users will still be able to edit it and since the problem involves sockpuppet users I don't think "semi-protection" will work in solving the problem. I was just wondering because the new registered users would be allowed access to the page as "auto-confirmed users", wouldn't they or have I got it wrong? Thanks in advance. (58.164.99.48 (talk) 00:21, 27 January 2017 (UTC))[reply]

Hi. Semi protection will prevent editing by very new accounts. See WP:AUTOCONFIRM. Occasionally, sockpuppets are created and do enough work to qualify, but these accounts are typically blocked as soon as they start to vandalise or POV-push. Yaris678 (talk) 09:24, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for explaining. (121.220.76.204 (talk) 09:41, 29 January 2017 (UTC))[reply]

Admin

Hi Yaris, is there any specific reason why you don't self-identify as an admin on your user page? Just curious. Not a criticism. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:55, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cyphoidbomb,

The short answer is that I haven't done much to my user page since becoming an admin.

The slightly longer answer is that it does feel a bit like showing off. Or like I think I might win an argument over content based on the fact that I am an admin, rather than the quality of the argument I put forward.

That said, I can see an argument for mentioning it. As an admin, I am able to help people in ways that other users can't, so maybe I should make that clear.

Yaris678 (talk) 10:51, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you satisfied my curiosity, so thank you for the kind indulgence.

Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:28, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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13:38, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

List of Stuck in the Middle episodes

Thanks for your input here. In reading what the IP edit I reverted had put in, I think their word change was OK, too, but the IP is associated with sockpuppetry that has been going on for months (of the blocked User:Orchomen), and the general rule is to revert on the spot when it's the sock of a banned or blocked user. I and several other editors, including Amaury, IJBall, and Callmemirela, have essentially been wikistalked by this user, who doesn't know when to stop. MPFitz1968 (talk) 18:56, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@MPFitz1968: FTR, I think only about half of Orchomen's "grammar" edits are actually "improvements", and his ratio of "improvement" edits to "just rubbish" edits has been declining lately in my opinion. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 18:59, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's been three years, today.

Wishing Yaris678 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 04:36, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. Three years. Still feels like I am a new admin. Thanks for the message. Yaris678 (talk) 10:45, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Happy admin anniversary! Hope you have a great day. Lepricavark (talk) 16:59, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge of Knowledge Cafe with World Café (conversational process)

Hi Yaris678 - thanks for posting a note on my page about the merging of the two pages. I was away and picked up your message a bit late, but I appreciated you letting me know. I think there are differences between the two processes, but perhaps not so much as to warrant separate articles. I noticed on the World Cafe page that there's an alert about the tone of the article, so I'm going to try to address this. Anyway, thanks for the message Fbell74 (talk) 07:15, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]