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Hello, take a look

Hello. I hope this message meets you well. If you aren't too busy, review this page Neo (BBNaija). Thanks. Amaekuma (talk) 12:48, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

@Amaekuma – Someone (Mako001) has already reviewed it. Thank you. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 14:59, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Yes someone else has reviewed it. Thanks for the feedback. You're appreciated. Amaekuma (talk) 18:44, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello 3PPYB6. I hope this message meets you well. If you aren't too busy, review this page Kim Chinonso Oprah. Thanks. Amaekuma (talk) 19:37, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

@Amaekuma – Sorry; I'm pretty busy in real-life. Last night I got around to reviewing it, but then I went to bed. Zippybonzo has taken care of this article. I'll try not to get swooped in to real-life events too often. Sorry about that. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:12, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks you for your time. I understand, we all get busy in real-life too, it's normal. I appreciate you. Amaekuma (talk) 13:30, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks

I would like to say thank you for the advice you gave me on the teahouse the other day regarding citing legislation. Firstly, I never would have found out the procedure for this without your advice. Secondly, I had a look through your account and realized that you have a significant amount of contributions in short period of time, and personally think you should have a shot at an Rfa, and I would be happy to co-nominate you. If you don't want to, that's fine. But, I would still like some advice about how to get more experience Wikipedia editing.(ApatheticName (talk) 17:32, 9 July 2022 (UTC))

@ApatheticName – Thanks for the kind words! I would probably not pass RfA though, because of this incident on 2 March, as an editor who had <6 months' worth of experience, along with other flaws that the !voters just don't like. To pass RfA you have to be a shining light—no flaws, no nothing bad to pass. That aside, I would be willing to claim you as my mentee or WP:ADOPT you, should you meet their criteria. I've got to polish up before doing so, though. Also, you may have to bear with a little bit of waiting as I'm travelling right now and will be fully back on 16 July. However, thanks! — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 02:53, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

IP

Please leave the IP alone, they aren't being abusive enough to merit reverting. Acroterion (talk) 23:49, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

@Acroterion – Alright. I will say that was a borderline case though; they were shouting at others, which could be uncivil. But how am I more experienced than you are? Thanks for the advice. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 23:51, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

They've been poked enough, and they're blocked. Acroterion (talk) 23:52, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Alright. See you on the anti-vandal battlefield sometime again. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 23:53, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Whaled for literally no reason

Smash!

You've been squished by a whale!
Don't take this too seriously. ARandomPage just wants to let you know that he wanted to whack things (and people) for no reason and ran out of trouts.

Why the hell did I do this? ARandomPage (talk • contribs) 15:44, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

ARandomPage, you ran out of trouts, that's why! I would've had elephants in stock, but then someone TfD'd them. :P — 3PPYB6 (public) (talk • contribs • owner's talk page) — 16:02, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red in August 2022

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Your Wikipediholic score is OK

If it makes you feel any better, I got a big fat 0 on the test, and as far as I know, I haven't gotten my rights (of which I have none) revoked. ARandomPage (talk • contribs) 02:49, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

@ARandomPage – I do realize this is a late reply, but yes… that Wikipediholic score is a joke. Sometimes I like to take humor and twist it in overly exaggerated ways. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 04:20, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

I think your standards for "late reply" are a little out of whack. Your reply is, to my standards, quite early. Over on Uncyclopedia, time constraints force me and another user to have discussions where messages are sent once per day. Though, that is a rather extreme example... ARandomPage (talk • contribs) 08:07, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Oh well. We live in a world where when you send a text message you expect a reply within five minutes. On Wikipedia typically I make fast responses (usually within 30 minutes, sometimes I respond right after the message is sent), but when I'm asleep I could send your response no less than 8 hours afterwards. 🤷‍♂️ — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:10, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

NPP drive award

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	This award is given to 3PPYB6 for 14 reviews in the July NPP backlog reduction drive. Your contributions played a part in the 9895 reviews that took place during the drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:19, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

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Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
• An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

• The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
• Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello 3PPYB6,

Backlog status

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

Coordination

MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.

Open letter to the WMF

The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.

TIP - Reviewing by subject

Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.

New reviewers

The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedians who are waiting for Ultraviolet

A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedians who are waiting for Ultraviolet indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:17, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

@Liz – Actually you can delete it right now as a G7—it served its purpose, and Ultraviolet has finally been released. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 01:51, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Whacked again

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. ARandomPage just wants to let you know that you did something silly, which may or may not include spelling "error culture" in a foreign language.

P.S: Translation from Google Translate. 14:48, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

@ARandomPage – see /Archives/2022#Some unsolicited advice. Maybe you'll find out why I did it there ;) — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 19:49, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Are you "3PPYB6" on en.uncyclopedia.co?

I just noticed someone with your username on the active users list of the Uncyclopedia Fork. Is that you? It doesn't seem like it, but I'd like to get some confirmation. ARandomPage (talk • contribs) 05:39, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

@ARandomPage -- To answer your question, yes, that is me. A lot of wikis (mainly small ones who you don't expect me to join on) I register as "3PPYB6", but solely to prevent fake accounts or to make the occasional pointless edit here or there. I actually thank you for raising this issue, as on other places someone named "3PPYB6" may not be me. A full list of disclosures (up to 27 June 2022) can be found at User talk:3PPYB6/Archives/2022#Disclosures. Feel free to contact me again if you see someone whom you suspect isn't me. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 12:54, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Ellen Bravo

Hello, 3PPYB6. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Ellen Bravo, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 00:05, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP message

Hi 3PPYB6,

Invitation

For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated.

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Category:Wikipedians who are neutral about becoming an administrator has been nominated for discussion

Category:Wikipedians who are neutral about becoming an administrator has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:17, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

"Great Pickleing of 2022"

What is that? ARandomPage (talk • contribs) 07:36, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

@ARandomPage – It is humor. See User talk:Praxidicae#Your signature for more info. — 3PPYB6 — HAS — BEEN PICKLED! — 12:07, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red in September 2022

Women in Red September 2022, Vol 8, Issue 9, Nos 214, 217, 240, 241 Online events: New: Alphabet run: E and F | Women writers and their works Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Request for help: Participate in preparations for our trend-setting contest in November Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
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Technical news

• The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
• The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
• The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
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Board of Trustees election

Thank you for supporting the NPP initiative to improve WMF support of the Page Curation tools. Another way you can help is by voting in the Board of Trustees election. The next Board composition might be giving attention to software development. The election closes on 6 September at 23:59 UTC. View candidate statement videos and Vote Here. MB 03:11, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Hey, 3PPYB6. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 18:16, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

And that was a constructive edit… or maybe not? Who knows. — 3PPYB6 ^{(T / 1 YEAR! / L)} — 19:28, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Checking on you

Hi, 3PPYB6 – how's it going? I see you have some limited reviewing activity, and just wanted to see how things are going, and maybe encourage you to do more? If we all pitched in we could reduce the NPP backlog pretty quickly. Atsme 💬 📧 23:31, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

@Atsme – Oh, yes, you startled me out of my inactivity! Lately real-life events have been chipping away at my Wikipedia-editing-time, but yes, I should begin editing more. Thanks! — 3PPYB6 ^{(T / C / L)} — 01:16, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

New Page Patrol | October 2022 backlog drive
On 1 October, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled and for maintaining a streak throughout the drive. Barnstars will also be awarded for re-reviewing articles. Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive. Sign up here!
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Women in Red October 2022

Women in Red October 2022, Vol 8, Issue 10, Nos 214, 217, 242, 243, 244 Online events: New: Alphabet run: G and H | Women in STEM / Ada Lovelace Day | Geofocus West Asia Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Women in Green's "Wildcard Edition" Good Article editathon Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

Administrator changes

ScottishFinnishRadish

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Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

Interface administrator changes

Cyberpower678

CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
• Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
• Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news

• The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

• Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
• A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
• The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

Miscellaneous

• An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
• You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
• An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
• Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:42, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello 3PPYB6,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.

Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.

NPP backlog May – October 15, 2022

Suggestions:

• There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
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Backlog:

Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!

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Early end of the backlog drive

A few days ago, new page patrollers got the backlog to zero. Due to the unprecedented success of the backlog drive, it will be ending early—at the end of 24 October, or in approximately two hours.

Barnstars will be awarded as soon as the coords can tally the results. Streak awards will be allocated based on the first three weeks of the drive, with the last three days being counted as part of week three.

Great work everyone! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:50, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red November 2022

Women in Red November 2022, Vol 8, Issue 11, Nos 214, 217, 245, 246, 247 Online events: New: Alphabet run: I and J | Women in Education | Geofocus Central & Southern Asia Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Wikipedia Asian Month November Contest Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Page Curation

Good to see you working NPP and doing a great job!! Atsme 💬 📧 11:37, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

@Atsme – thanks! Although I am getting inactive here, I might as well find some time to do some new page reviewing when I'm bored. :P — 3PPYB6 ^{(T / C / L)} — 14:26, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

NPP Backlog Drive Award

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	This award is given to 3PPYB6 for collecting more than 10 points doing reviews and re-reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 08:44, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

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Interface administrator changes

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Oversight changes

• DGG

Guideline and policy news

• The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
• An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
• The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
• AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.

Miscellaneous

• The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
• You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
• Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like {{rangeblock|create=yes}} or {{uw-ublock|contains profanity}}.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:22, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your help regarding red username!

Sorry if this is the wrong place to thank you, but I don’t know exactly what I’m doing. Anyway, you helped me a lot so thank you for telling me that creating a user page solves that problem. My name no longer appears in red! Tyhbvf (talk) 04:38, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

@Tyhbvf – this is what us experienced users do to help the newcomers! Someday, you'll be there… — 3PPYB6 ^{(T / C / L)} — 14:43, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Oh, and FYI, this is the right place to thank me. ;) — 3PPYB6 ^{(T / C / L)} — 16:17, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Tyhbvf (talk) 04:36, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red December 2022

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

Administrator changes

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Oversight changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
• The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
• An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news

• A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)

Arbitration

• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
• The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
• The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
• A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add /64 to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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Whacked

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You've been whacked because I need to meet my quarteryearly (is that even a word) quota for whacking people with wet trouts. ARandomPage, the named space (talk • contribs) 11:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)