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Question about GOCE backlog elimination drive
[edit]Hi Miniapolis (talk · contribs)! I have a question about the January GOCE drive. On the drive page, it says "If it was tagged in November and December 2020, place *O (using plain text) after the word count." Is the "*O" for an old tagged article? In that case, I think the oldest tagged articles are from September. What am I missing? Thanks for your help! TheMadDesperado (talk) 01:28, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- You're right, and I fixed the instructions. Thanks for noticing! Stay well and all the best, Miniapolis 02:38, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).
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- Speedy deletion criterion T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment.
- You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time.
- 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.
- By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized
Marcelo Gallardo copyedit
[edit]Hey Miniapolis! I wanted to thank you for taking up my request and doing the much-needed copyediting on Marcelo Gallardo's article. I'm about to nominate it for tha GA status. Since you carefully read the article you're welcome with any suggestions to improve it. I haven't worked on wiki in quite a while and I'm still refreshing the old reflexes. Have a nice day! --Gunt50 (talk) 18:14, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 January 2021
[edit]- News and notes: 1,000,000,000 edits, board elections, virtual Wikimania 2021
- Special report: Wiki reporting on the United States insurrection
- In focus: From Anarchy to Wikiality, Glaring Bias to Good Cop: Press Coverage of Wikipedia's First Two Decades
- Technology report: The people who built Wikipedia, technically
- Videos and podcasts: Celebrating 20 years
- News from the WMF: Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free, trusted information for the world
- Recent research: Students still have a better opinion of Wikipedia than teachers
- Humour: Dr. Seuss's Guide to Wikipedia
- Featured content: New Year, same Featured Content report!
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2020
- Obituary: Flyer22 Frozen