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Article Feedback Tool update

Hey Sandstein. I'm contacting you because you're involved in the Article Feedback Tool in some way, either as a previous newsletter recipient or as an active user of the system. As you might have heard, a user recently anonymously disabled the feedback tool on 2,000 pages. We were unable to track or prevent this due to the lack of logging feature in AFT5. We're deeply sorry for this, as we know that quite a few users found the software very useful, and were using it on their articles.

We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.

Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 21:46, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

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Saga (comics)

I would appreciate if you accompanied it with a citation. I worked hard on the Saga article on it getting it Good Article status, so as a friendly note, I'd appreciate it if when adding material like this, that you'd accompany it with a citation of a reliable source. Thanks, Sandstein. Nightscream (talk) 15:45, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

It's sourced in the linked article, Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, and also further down in the article at Saga (comic book)#Awards. Easily verified factual material doesn't always need inline referencing, especially in the lead, which is not otherwise footnoted much and is a summary of the article. You should look at material more carefully before reverting it with sweeping statements about NOR and V.  Sandstein  15:55, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Notification of amendment request

I have filed an amendment request concerning you. Please see the section on the amendment request page.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 01:02, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Game Of Thrones Season Two soundtrack album cover.jpg)

Thanks for uploading File:Game Of Thrones Season Two soundtrack album cover.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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WP:ARCA

Hi Sandstein. I have asked for clarification from the arbitration committee about your interpretation of the extended topic bans of Captain Occam, Ferahgo the Assassin, TrevelyanL85A2 and SightWatcher as one-way interaction bans. You may wish to comment there. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 03:58, 8 September 2013 (UTC)