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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

  • A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
  • An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news

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.
  • Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

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23:19, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

As promised

The notification you requested: WP:VPP#RfC: Updating BLOCKEVIDENCE. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 22:02, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

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01:48, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:14, 19 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.
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(t · c) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:28, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 September 2022

Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Miscellaneous


Tech News: 2022-40

MediaWiki message delivery 00:22, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

ArbCom EC

Hi Mz7, I see you were on the ArbCom election commission last year, and are still active. The nominations for this year's EC close in 2 days, and so far we have one nomination, and they've never been on the EC before. Would you consider joining them on the nomination page? IMHO, the EC should have at least one person who has done it before, so we don't lose institutional memory, and can pass it down to newbies who join this year. So I hope you have the time and the inclination. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:04, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi Floquenbeam, thanks for reaching out! Admittedly, I was thinking about taking a break this year since I did it the last two years in a row (and also since I have less time in general to spend on Wikipedia these days). However, I will be happy to do it again if there's no one else willing that has that institutional memory, as you describe. I will keep an eye on that page over the next two days... Mz7 (talk) 22:36, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. Cyberpower has offered to do it again, so I'm less worried than I was yesterday. (If you're still toying with it, I was wrong; it was 3 days yesterday, so 2 days today.) --Floquenbeam (talk) 14:33, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

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14:07, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Mz7,

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".
  • Reminder: an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more. (from the NPP tutorial)
  • Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.
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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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MediaWiki message delivery 21:44, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

WP:ACE Election Commission - Welcome!

Congratulations, following the ELECTCOM RfC you have been selected as an election commissioner! Thank you for volunteering for this position. Meet your colleagues here: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2022/Coordination. Best regards, — xaosflux Talk 10:01, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Empire Outlets New York City artist rendition.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Empire Outlets New York City artist rendition.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image 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 that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. 185.172.241.184 (talk) 06:23, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Empire Outlets New York City artist rendition.jpg

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If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these media fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification, per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. 185.172.241.184 (talk) 06:23, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:21, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Need blocks on SPI you are familiar with

Can you take a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/103.141.159.231? This SPI, together with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Depressed Desi (which you assessed before), is running for over a month and the obvious socks are causing more disruption every day. See my comments at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/103.141.159.231#Comments_by_other_users. This sock is mimicking behavior of previous socks to the extent that he is now making absurd counterclaims of sockpuppetry,[29] just like he did with earlier socks.[30] Thanks Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 02:48, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 October 2022

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:13, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


Category:Unfinished Ferris wheels has been nominated for merging

Category:Unfinished Ferris wheels has been nominated for merging. 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. –LaundryPizza03 (d) 01:52, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

We got to see the kitten in the sock drawer again today! Happy days...

Girth Summit (blether) 19:19, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

@Girth Summit: That’s awesome!! Incredible work by you and the rest of the team. The cat pic is actually new—the last time we hit SPI 0, it was just a picture of a nondescript dresser with the drawer open. Tamzin quietly updated the easter egg to its current superior form some time later. Mz7 (talk) 21:01, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
Ha - I couldn't remember the last pic, but somehow predicted it at Spicy's talk page. Next time around I want a dog-themed one - and I'm prepared to get my whippet to try to find a treat in a mountain of socks to achieve that end! Girth Summit (blether) 21:04, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
Urgh, I'm an idiot - I meant Firefly's talk page - I seem doomed to confuse them tonight. Girth Summit (blether) 21:06, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
@Girth Summit: The bot is transcluding the page User:Mz7/SPI 0 when it finds no active cases. That page is where the cat vs. dog edit war should take place. Mz7 (talk) 21:14, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
Yes, I worked that out - don't worry, if and when I have the perfect picture of cute puppies playing with socks, I will perform a sneak attack, ready for the next time we hit 0 cases (presumably shortly after CUOS 2023). Girth Summit (blether) 21:16, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:30, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Uncomplete merge

Hello. I wonder if you can help out with this. You'll need your admin hat for this one. I am attempting to complete a merger request to List of material published by WikiLeaks, but the source document (Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedures) won't allow me to edit it. At all. Can you look at it and do the redirect for me? Please let me know. Also, do you know why I can't edit that article. There is no explanation being given. Thanks in advance, GenQuest "scribble" 19:04, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

@GenQuest:  Done. Not sure why you couldn't edit the article. As far as I can tell, you should've had the permission to do this. Mz7 (talk) 09:51, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Thank you. Maybe an uncleared cache or something. Weird. GenQuest "scribble" 12:09, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:53, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:19, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 November 2022

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MediaWiki message delivery 20:01, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

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