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I know you quit as the enforcing admin, but the appeal procedure seems to require that I tell you that I'm appealing the 2016 sanction. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 04:12, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
I know you quit as the enforcing admin, but the appeal procedure seems to require that I tell you that I'm appealing the 2016 sanction. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 04:12, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

I am trying very hard to forgive you. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 13:34, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

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Awards
For your help with April 21, 2005 Stubsensor cleanup project you are hereby given the Stubsensor award.
I hereby award you the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your heroic efforts in repairing and repelling the Willy on Wheels vandal — Bratschetalk 5 pillars (KC)
This PSY is awarded for being polite, courteous, and extremely helpful to myself and other users, and as such bieng a blessing for good mental health. Awarded by PhatePunk 22:35, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
For your excellent contributions to Wikipedia - it is those little things that make all the difference :-) --HappyCamper 20:02, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am giving you this banner star for all of your work at WP:RFD - Tideflat (talk) 01:58, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Redirect Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Thryduulf for all the work put into contributing at Redirects for Discussion and maintaining the navigational parts of the project. Quiet background work that very few see, yet it has a great effect on the projects readers! Thanks for your work in the area, Taelus (talk) 23:22, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The Redirect Barnstar
is hereby awarded to you, Thryduulf, for closing nearly an entire page of discussions, but more importantly, for all of the other thankless jobs that you do. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 21:26, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to echo these thanks, as I think we are some of the only admins who set foot in RfD these days :P. Thanks for helping with the backlog, all the best. --Taelus (talk) 13:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fair and Helpful
Thank you so much for helping me with an article (I'm a beginner.) I have no idea what I'm doing but you helped to keep my article up after it was deleted. You also checked back up on it when the references were deleted, I just checked and saw you even helped me on listing them too, I wasn't sure how to do that either. Anyway, thank you. :] Ohthegunsofbrixton (talk) 18:33, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For exhibiting rational judgement on a certain list which caused considerable overreaction and worse case scenario concerns. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:07, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Redirect Barnstar
Thanks for your (re)-explanation of why it [the Selby Wall redirect] was pointing where it was and why it should point to where it's now pointing Tonywalton Talk 00:11, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Redirect Barnstar
I hereby award User:Thryduulf this shiny Redirect Barnstar for their excellent work at WP:RFD. Lenticel (talk) 08:57, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Technical Barnstar
For your unfailing patience and kindness dealing with VisualEditor related problems and the users struggling with them :). (also for the fantastic car analogy). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:00, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Original Barnstar
I appreciate I already gave you a barnstar for it, but I've just looked at the feedback page for the first time since stepping off my flight, and wow: you deserve another one :). Thanks for all you've done for the VE project thus far. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:59, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
For sterling work above and beyond the call of duty at WP:VE/F. You're always there, logging defects, updating replies and always with politeness and calm. NtheP (talk) 09:51, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Precious

thinking of options
Thank you for quality pictures uploaded, for nominating to the news, for taking care of redirects and projects, for helpful proposals and thinking of options ("I can think of at least two options"), - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:34, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Real Life Barnstar
Yay! You're here at the [Wikimedia UK] office! Katherine Bavage (WMUK) (talk) 15:27, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Survey King!
You put absolutely hours of work into [the WMUK Members' Survey] and I am so so grateful! Really looking forward to finding out what worked and what didn't and making the results useful to the chapter! Thank you so much! Katherine Bavage (WMUK) (talk) 12:14, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Arbitration Committee cases are inherently complicated matters. That your analysis of the case resulted in a suggestion widely accepted by participants and arbitrators alike, demonstrates it to be a brilliant idea. Congratulations! MarshalN20 | Talk 14:51, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Barnstar of Diplomacy
Y'know what...
...Here's a barnstar. Consider this a token of my appreciation, on behalf of the project as a whole, for your contributions to this RfC, and for summarising a horribly complicated discussion into something that people could understand (and which slightly lessened my headache in closing it!). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:24, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The Special Barnstar
Thanks for the MASSIVE amount of work and time you put into the 2013 Membership Survey. It's really excellent and I hope its something [WMUK] builds on :-) Katherine Bavage (WMUK) (talk) 15:38, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The Real Life Barnstar
Thank you very much for all your hard work on Wikipedia Takes UCL last week. It was an event from which we've taken many lessons and I believe that a good number of people had a very positive experience from it thanks to you and the team you managed to coordinate. Here's to the next one! ToniSant (talk) 08:11, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The Real Life Barnstar
Chris, I'm indebted to you for your help at the Marjon event. Gil asked me to pass on her thanks in particular for your "excellent and clear explanations of the technical aspects of copyright". Next time I'm looking for helpers for an event, you'll be top of my list. Thanks again, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:21, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The Photographer's Barnstar
For your extra effort in providing photos for an article that another Wikipedian is working on. Exemplary teamwork! w.carter-Talk 17:12, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
'The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
I've got to say, I've seen your comments about the place and you seem one of the more "rational observers" (if you'll pardon the pun) on the site. I think you have a good head on your shoulders. I wish others were like you! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:22, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Illegitimi non carborundum 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:17, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Redirect Barnstar

Your diligent work in the area of redirect categorization and improvement is duly recognized and greatly appreciated. You are truly one of the unsung heroes of Wikipedia, and we hope you continue to enjoy your improvement of this awesome encyclopedia! For your well-thought, detailed, and infuriatingly reasonable close here. Well done once again. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:32, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The Admin's Barnstar
Congratulations making WP:EFH legit. JudeccaXIII (talk) 18:13, 16 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The Citation Barnstar
For your excellent work on Sean Hughes' biography. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 13:23, 16 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The Citation Barnstar The Citation Barnstar
For your hard work in the effort to get Robbie Coltrane to RD quality when it appeared doomed to not be included on quality grounds from the start; I award you this barnstar of citations! You recognized how important it was to get Hagrid onto RD owing to the emotional response of people to the beloved actor’s death (even the oppose votes were visibly upset and reluctant about their vote), so you worked hard to make it happen to the glee of the fellow Wikipedians. Well Done! :) DrewieStewie (talk) 11:50, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The Minor Barnstar
Hello! While it may be small in the grand scheme of things, I wanted to thank you for drafting the disambiguation page at National and University Library. When I was looking into the title before the RfD, I saw a lot of different possibilities for targets and wasn't sure how to go about compiling them all into one place. It looked quite daunting to me, and to that end, thank you for initiating the first draft of it! (As well as the rest of your assistance at RfD, it is greatly appreciated.) Utopes (talk / cont) 20:11, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Redirect Barnstar
Thank you for all the work that you do at RfD. Your comments have changed my mind and helped to educate me on numerous occasions. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:11, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Citation Barnstar The Citation Barnstar
For successfully dredging up a comprehensive and surprisingly compelling source list on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Avon_Safety_Wheel BrigadierG (talk) 15:53, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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And olive branch & holiday wishes!
Thryduulf, please accept these holiday wishes :)

I've caused this year to end on a chord of disappointment for many, but I hope that despite my mistakes and the differences in opinion and perspectives, and regardless of what the outcome is or in what capacity I can still contribute in the coming year, we can continue working together directly or indirectly on this encyclopedic project, whose ideals are surely carried by both of our hearts. I'm hoping I have not fallen in your esteem to the level where "no hard feelings" can no longer ring true, because I highly respect you and your dedication to Wikipedia, and I sincerely wish you and your loved ones all the best for 2018.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

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Happy editing,
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Photo priority list

Hey Chris, war memorials in order of priority for photos, as requested:

  1. Civil Service Rifles War Memorial (photo from the rear, top priority, currently at FAC)
  2. Rochdale Cenotaph (any decent wide views, I got some reasonable close-ups of the flags but was disappointed with most of my photos; this is TFA on 11 Jan)
  3. Royal Naval Division War Memorial (anything you've got that's well-focused, this will be the next one to work its way through the review system)
  4. Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial (the drums in particular; I'd like to have this as TFA on 25 April)
  5. Tower Hill Memorial (will be my next project after the RND; I might make a start on it this weekend but it's unlikely be heading to FAC until February at the earliest)

—Those are the highest priority at the minute. After current projects, I have four Lutyens memorials left and I'm really hoping the Cenotaph will have its bronze star by November. Then I might start looking at non-Lutyens memorials (eg Deal, Bury)! Thanks a lot! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:58, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

I want to thank you for your detailed and clear explanations on the lantresman AE request for clarification. I did not explain myself well in part because I cannot say more on the issues I have concerns with, but I believe your comments will be very useful to editors as is your advice. I am heartened by your knowledge and the unusual care and fairness with which you dealt with the AE.(Littleolive oil (talk) 03:40, 30 December 2017 (UTC))[reply]

You're welcome and thank you for the compliments. In my view being fair is the absolute minimum that everybody deserves, whether they've been here since 2001 and have every hat in the box or haven't yet made their first edit. Thryduulf (talk) 11:43, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

end of term

Thanks for your efforts in creating a summary of past practices regarding the changeover of arbitrators at the end of their term. Just a minor typographical note: "incoming" has one "m". isaacl (talk) 15:56, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah well, at least I was consistent! Please feel free to correct my spelling :) Thryduulf (talk) 16:33, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Unfinished business from Oxford 56

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Your close at ITNC

Hey Thryduulf, I'd like you to reconsider your recent close over at ITNC, to which I'd give a more direct link if brackets worked inside link syntax.

There were eleven supports that did not focus on the current blurbs, which you summarily dismissed with "There is consensus that where an event is not the top level of the sport there needs to be some other indication of importance or significance ..." Given that wording, I fear that you've missed some of the !voting rationales. Two in particular stand out to me:

  • "The fact that this is an amateur university event does not change its huge cultural significance and level of public interest. We may find it strange the an amateur university event whose quality of play is presumably lower than the NFL inspires such interest and occupies such a significant place in American sporting culture, but we should not impose our personal views of what ought to be regarded as a significant sporting event - for public interest and cultural impact are what make sporting events significant."
  • "In the news, article sufficiently updated and is a significant sports event (even though it is not personally of interest to me). Seems to tick all the boxes."

My bolding, obviously.

On the other side, all but five of the opposes were primarily concerned with it being an amateur event, or it being of "low worldwide significance"—which isn't a rule at ITN, which as you know often posts items of limited international significance. Several of those are even on WP:ITNR. Best, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:06, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thryduulf, good close, well done for being bold enough to take on all the usual post-closure combat for this kind of thing. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:58, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Just wanting to second TRM here, solid reasoning, and well done on avoiding the usual nonsense posting of amateur university sports. Fgf10 (talk) 08:16, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW I support your closing, even though I supported posting. Quality wasn't there, consensus was building against, and we weren't going to cut through the usual anti-American hatred masked as "global significance" this time. Thanks for helping out at ITN. --CosmicAdventure (talk) 11:22, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@The ed17: I've re-read the discussion again, and if anything I'm seeing more consensus against it than I wrote. Yes this has a big place in American sporting culture, but many people pointed out that that would mean we should be posting comparable events from other nation's sporting culture. There was also not a consensus (although relatively little discussion) that the quality of the update was there.
@CosmicAdventure: I didn't see very much anti-American hatred, although I did see people insisting on treating the USA like any other individual nation which I can understand some Americans might interpret as being anti-American (although I'm not saying you personally do/did). Thryduulf (talk) 13:16, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for responding, though I'd question another person's characterization of this as "combat." Best, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 14:42, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, and I'd question another person's characterisation of this as "the usual anti-American hatred masked as "global significance"" but your mileage may vary. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:47, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder what pro-American hatred would look like? Sca (talk) 15:01, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Sca: Donald Trump? ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thryduulf. – Sca (talk)
@Thryduulf: You mean the Stable Genius in Chief? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sca (talk • contribs) 16:19, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
He's the very model of a very stable genius Thryduulf (talk) 17:16, 10 January 2018 (UTC) [reply]
"What we need is a dictator who is also a genius." – Adolf Hitler, April 17, 1920. – Sca (talk) 03:15, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 • After 5,200 words of (sometimes effusive) discussion, it was evident that consensus wasn't there. Good close. Sca (talk) 15:01, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Or, it was bullied into oblivion. You should be ashamed. Abductive (reasoning) 07:20, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Abductive: If you are going to make accusations of bullying you need to be a lot more specific and cite examples. Aspersions and vague rhetoric will not get anyone to change their mind. Thryduulf (talk) 12:26, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd echo TRM's point, despite being on the other side of the nom. With this & #metoo, taking the time to explain your decision is much appreciated. GCG (talk) 14:22, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd also like to add my appreciation for making two intelligent and well-explained closes on contentious ITN items. Making everyone happy isn't possible, but your closes should satisfy people that their input has been appreciated. --LukeSurl t c 15:06, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The closer admits he vote-counted. Abductive (reasoning) 19:55, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • Eh? I didn't count the votes, and don't see where I've written anything that would imply I did? Thryduulf (talk) 21:09, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your practical objective comment, such a rare thing! Pierre Boulez was a composer, but he was also a performer, and - what is more - a human being, covered by WP:Biography. - I wonder who will tell the arbs that the undefined scope leaves too much room for interpretation. They could focus on very few discussions, outlined by Ritchie in the evidence. I don't know them all, but of those I know, most were no infobox discussions (about an infobox to be inserted or not), but "infobox discussions", debating the removal of a long-standing infobox. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:29, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford 58

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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187636

It's marked as resolved, I'm guessing the fix reaches the Wikipedias later this week. Thank you so much for stopping by, looking forward to your next report or, well, maybe not ;) Elitre (WMF) (talk) 13:24, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :) It seems that I accidentally stumbled across a problem that's existed since 2005 as well, which probably caught a few devs by surpise! Thryduulf (talk) 14:07, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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United States military occupation

As someone who has been a party on this topic, I would really appropriate if you would please provide your input on the edit warring United States military occupation by a certain user, especially considering that the previous conversation on the talk page had the consensus to keep the reference to U.S. military occupation codes (as well as on User talk:GreenMeansGo#Yo, Shield o' Sham-er and Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2017_September_18#United_States_military_occupation. Thanks! Garuda28 (talk) 01:40, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Obituaries

  • Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion

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This Month in GLAM: February 2018



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Info update

Hello T. First I wanted to let you know that I have not seen a domain sales link work its way into any reFill fixes that I have made since the one you found last month. I was hoping that it may have been a one off but then I noticed this thread Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)/Archive 58#Strange reference, looking to me like a disguised spam where something like it looks to have happened again. As we are not programmers I thought I would bring it to your attention in case there is any info there that might be of use to you. I hope you have a pleasant weekend. MarnetteD|Talk 06:27, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for the heads-up I'll take look and see if it's of use. Thryduulf (talk) 12:29, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction

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Appeal of topic ban

You were kind enough to offer advice during my topic ban appeal earlier in the year[4] You suggested I work on an appeal in my userspace, is this what you had in mind?[5] --Iantresman (talk) 17:14, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Yes, that's the sort of thing. I've made a couple of small copyedits for you (it was easier than explaining them!), but other than that I'd consider flehsing it out a little more summarising what you've learned from your interactions at the teahouse, etc. In terms of lifting the ban, I supsect some people might consider you a little light on article-space edits but that's not guaranteed and I didn't spot anything significant from what I spot checked. Thryduulf (talk) 18:06, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately there was nothing constructive from my interaction with the Help Desk and Tea House. A bit of a long shot, would you consider being a mentor, or something similar for me, which I would mention in my appeal? I'd keep discussion to a minimum. More about me here.[6] --Iantresman (talk) 18:27, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing against you personally, but I'm not really interested in being a mentor at the moment. Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area seems to be the place to look to find someone who is willing. Thryduulf (talk) 18:36, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the suggestion. --Iantresman (talk) 22:45, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2018).

Administrator changes

added 331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG
removed Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news

  • Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
  • Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
  • The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
  • The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous

  • A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Username policy

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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/RfC: Ending the system of portals

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news

  • The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
  • A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news

  • AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new equals_to_any function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
  • When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
  • The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
  • There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

Obituaries

  • Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.
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your block of user: Colton Cosmic

requesting unblock at User talk:COLTON COSMIC MAKES YOU JUMP JUMP (NOT HERE blcoked by user:NinjaRobotPirate) Meters (talk) 02:57, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

oops, it would help if I said "In case you wan to reset the block timer." Meters (talk) 03:01, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the headsup, but as he is indefinitely blocked all that needs doing is leaving a note on his talk page for the reference of others. Thryduulf (talk) 09:36, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: April 2018



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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Conflict of interest

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Tower Hill

Hey Chris, if you can make it to Tower Hill for me again, I need photos of the seven relief sculptures on the walls of the sunken garden, individually and two or three to a photo, so I can make a gallery of them in the article. I could also do with better photos of the north end of the sunken garden, and possibly the sentries at the top of the steps. If you feel like reading through Tower Hill Memorial to make sure it all makes sense etc I'd appreciate it but I'd understand if you don't have the time or inclination. And we must sort out some dates for you to come down to visit! All the best my friend, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:36, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@HJ Mitchell: Photos from Tower Hill now on Commons see Commons:Category Tower Hill Memorial and new subcategories and Commons:User:Thryduulf/Tower Hill Memorial, hopefully I managed to get what you were looking for. I've not had chance to read the article yet, but probably will do tomorrow. I'll contact you on facebook re dates. Thryduulf (talk) 00:01, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion

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Interested to hear your opinion

Hi Thryduulf, I was wondering if you have looked at the this thread and the current case request recently; I am curious to hear your opinion as I seem to remember British politics-related topics are one of your interest fields. Regards, Alex Shih (talk) 02:12, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Alex Shih: Thanks for the heads-up. I've been AFK pretty much all day so I've only just seen this and I'm nowhere near awake enough now to grok a long AN/I thread. I should get time to look tomorrow if things go to plan. Thryduulf (talk) 23:58, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Gore (film) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Gore (film) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gore (film) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. KTC (talk) 08:35, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed Al Ameer son • AliveFreeHappy • Cenarium • Lupo • MichaelBillington

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
  • There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
  • It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration

  • A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

Miscellaneous

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Happy Adminship

Wishing Thryduulf a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Kpgjhpjm (talk) 01:28, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kpgjhpjm (talk) 01:28, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 June 2018

Dear Thryduulf - I'm writing about this page which you have semi-protected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(poet)

What you have called persistent disruptive editing is simply not true. The attempt to add the most important detail in Shankar's bio has continually been changed by an editor called ScrapIronIV who knows the subject and is attempting to add erroneous information to the page. The fact that Shankar founded the world's oldest electronic journal of the arts, Drunken Boat, absolutely should be included on his biography page. The website is probably the most important thing that Shankar has done.

Also, there have been repeated attempts to add false information to this page. Shankar was never accused of or convicted of theft of school funds. This is an out-and-out lie. According to the the BLP guidelines, all information about living persons needs to be accurate. This site was already edited by WingedGodric to reflect the true facts of the case.

How is it possible that one person who is biased and knows the subject continues to have the authority to curate this biography? How is that person still an editor? Please look at the history of the Talk Page and revert back to the earlier version by Winged Godric, and include this fact of Drunken Boat on his bio page.

Again you can see something about the history of this magazine here: [1]

Thanks for your attention. 73.61.195.122 (talk) 13:52, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ http://thereviewreview.net/magazines/drunken-boat
You need to make edit requests on the talk page of the article, including sources to back up your claims. Thryduulf (talk) 19:24, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style

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Wikipedia:MOS:IDENTITY listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:MOS:IDENTITY. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:MOS:IDENTITY redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 21:49, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RfD The Telegraph

At Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion#The Telegraph (disambiguation) you wrote, in response to me, "...is something I can only describe as arrogance". I object to that since it is clearly meant to mean that I am arrogant, and I regard that as a (mild) personal attack and at the very least uncivil. Your spelling errors in that comment may indicate you were in haste and may not have properly considered the impact of your words. Please don't do it again. Shhhnotsoloud (talk)

I can't recall whether I was in haste or not, but while the language was perhaps slightly harsher than necessary the sentiment is one that I firmly stand by (and have stood by for years): We must always do what is best for the readers, without exception. Per WP:IAR if a "rule" prevents you from improving the encyclopaedia, ignore it. In this case there isn't even a "rule" to ignore, just the dislike some people have for a redirect that directly benefits readers, and if you put your personal preferences above the readers then Wikipedia is not the project for you. Thryduulf (talk) 10:52, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I don't want to rehash the argument. I want you to know that I interpreted your original comments as uncivil and personal. I gave you an easy way out to apologise gracefully—and asked you not to do it again—but you have actually now made it worse by referring to me as "some people" (which is rude) and talking about my personal preferences. Stop it. Please stick to referring to policy and guidance and interpretations thereof. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 13:21, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I will refrain from commenting further on this here as I do not think it will be productive. Thryduulf (talk) 13:22, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Procedure for appeals

I know you quit as the enforcing admin, but the appeal procedure seems to require that I tell you that I'm appealing the 2016 sanction. Darkfrog24 (talk) 04:12, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying very hard to forgive you. Darkfrog24 (talk) 13:34, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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