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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2021)

Cooked pork chops
Hello, K6ka. The article for improvement of the week is:

Pork chop

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Previous selections: Fishing industry • Edible


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Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 January 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

  • By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
  • Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, BDD, Bradv, CaptainEek, L235, Maxim, Primefac.

UTRS #39085

Hi,

Could you please take a look at this appeal number on UTRS? You are the blocking administrator and I'd really appreciate some input from you before I decide whether or not to restore TPA.

I hope 2021 is a better year for you :)-- 5 albert square (talk) 01:17, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@5 albert square: Given the length of time that it's been (and since I'm guessing they're just a young'un who didn't have the maturity then but is willing to learn and grow up now), I'm fine with restoring TP access or even unblocking, whichever fits your judgement. Best wishes, —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 03:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2021)

Hello, K6ka. The article for improvement of the week is:

Lumbersexual

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Previous selections: Pork chop • Fishing industry


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Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 January 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

15:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

... got deleted under CSD U2 ... thought you should know. Graham87 07:50, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, my dear silly Primefac :P —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:49, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2021)

Sani Pass in Mokhotlong, Lesotho is an example of a mountain pass.
Hello, K6ka. The article for improvement of the week is:

Mountain pass

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Previous selections: Lumbersexual • Pork chop


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Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 January 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

16:09, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Editing news 2021 #1

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Reply tool

Graph of Reply tool and full-page wikitext edit completion rates
Completion rates for comments made with the Reply tool and full-page wikitext editing. Details and limitations are in this report.

The Reply tool is available at most other Wikipedias.

  • The Reply tool has been deployed as an opt-out preference to all editors at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.
  • It is also available as a Beta Feature at almost all Wikipedias except for the English, Russian, and German-language Wikipedias. If it is not available at your wiki, you can request it by following these simple instructions.

Research notes:

  • As of January 2021, more than 3,500 editors have used the Reply tool to post about 70,000 comments.
  • There is preliminary data from the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedia on the Reply tool. Junior Contributors who use the Reply tool are more likely to publish the comments that they start writing than those who use full-page wikitext editing.[10]
  • The Editing and Parsing teams have significantly reduced the number of edits that affect other parts of the page. About 0.3% of edits did this during the last month.[11] Some of the remaining changes are automatic corrections for Special:LintErrors.
  • A large A/B test will start soon.[12] This is part of the process to offer the Reply tool to everyone. During this test, half of all editors at 24 Wikipedias (not including the English Wikipedia) will have the Reply tool automatically enabled, and half will not. Editors at those Wikipeedias can still turn it on or off for their own accounts in Special:Preferences.

New discussion tool

Screenshot of version 1.0 of the New Discussion Tool prototype.

The new tool for starting new discussions (new sections) will join the Discussion tools in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures at the end of January. You can try the tool for yourself.[13] You can leave feedback in this thread or on the talk page.

Next: Notifications

During Talk pages consultation 2019, editors said that it should be easier to know about new activity in conversations they are interested in. The Notifications project is just beginning. What would help you become aware of new comments? What's working with the current system? Which pages at your wiki should the team look at? Please post your advice at mw:Talk:Talk pages project/Notifications.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 01:02, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

False claim of administrator rights

@K6ka: The top user box at the user page User:JzG identifies him as an administrator on the English Wikipedia, and contains a hyperlink to verify. However, when I click that link, it displays user rights not for JzG, but for K6ka. This is very confusing, and may lead unwary users to mistakenly conclude that JzG is indeed, as he falsely claims, an administrator. Please, what is going on here? NedFausa (talk) 17:17, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello NedFausa.
There are two key points in explaining this puzzle:
  1. JzG is a former administrator, as his user rights log confirms. He voluntarily requested desysop in November 2020 (source). I am guessing he forgot to remove references to adminship on his user page.
  2. The reason why my name is listed when you select "Verify" is because the log displays users starting at the given name. For example, if you entered "Jimbo Wales", it would give you the list starting at Jimbo Wales, and then every matching username after that in alphabetical order. In this case, JzG was the last admin whose username started with the letter "J", with "Jwrosenzweig" coming before him. As JzG is no longer an admin, "Jwrosenzweig" is now the last admin whose username starts with the letter "J". "Jw" comes before "Jz", so the list does not show him; as such, it goes on to the letter "K". I am the first admin whose username starts with the letter "K", so it starts with me.
    You can see this when viewing a longer list. The "verify" link can sometimes be misleading because it only shows one list entry. If the target user is an admin, then it works and everything is hunky dory; if the target user isn't, it will show the username of the next admin on the list, rather than an error message (as would normally be expected).
Hopefully that makes sense! —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:30, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@K6ka: Thanks for your prompt explanation. I will report this false claim at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. NedFausa (talk) 17:35, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's honestly going way too far. Just let JzG know he still has the userbox. It's innocent. -- ferret (talk) 19:21, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2021)

Hello, K6ka. The article for improvement of the week is:

Viral phenomenon

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Mountain pass • Lumbersexual


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18:29, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

"Wikipedia:OneClickArchiver" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Wikipedia:OneClickArchiver. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 28#Wikipedia:OneClickArchiver until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 14:44, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 31 January 2021