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Administrators' newsletter – August 2018[edit]

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

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Administrator changes

added Sro23
readded KaisaLYmblanter

Guideline and policy news

  • After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
  • Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news


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The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018[edit]

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Orphaned non-free image File:Threshold 19 (CNCTW).JPG[edit]

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018[edit]

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open[edit]

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:54, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2018[edit]

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

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Administrator changes

added None
removed AsterionCrisco 1492KFKudpungLizRandykittySpartaz
renamed Optimist on the runVoice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

added AmorymeltzerMr. StradivariusMusikAnimalMSGJTheDJXaosflux

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news

  • Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
  • Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
  • Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:23, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018[edit]

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced[edit]

G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

Note[edit]

Just a courtesy message that there is currently a mismatch between the article title, lede and infobox because of GeelJire's logged-off WP:HISTMERGE (diff, diff). Thylacoop5 (talk) 12:04, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Tutul Hossain Badsha[edit]

Just note that this article pass WP:NFOOTY, so I remove G4 and you are free to nominate 2nd AfD if necessary Hhkohh (talk) 02:22, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Better source request for File:B-2 Spirit Night reloaded.JPG[edit]

Thanks for your upload to Wikipedia:

You provided a source, but it is difficult for other users to examine the copyright status of the image because the source is incomplete. Please consider clarifying the exact source so that the copyright status may be checked more easily. It is best to specify the exact Web page where you found the image, rather than only giving the source domain, search engine, pinboard, aggregator, or the URL of the image file itself. Please update the image description with a URL that will be more helpful to other users in determining the copyright status.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source in a complete manner. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page or me at my talk page. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 10:34, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Updated and marked for Commons Transfer.ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:51, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

École supérieure de journalisme de Paris, etc.[edit]

Curious, instead of semiprotecting, why not leave this and other pages unprotected, and then block spamming IPs after the first edit? I understand your point about forcing them to create accounts that can easily be blocked. But on the other hand, if we leave it open to edit (as a honeypot), they might edit it and be caught more easily than if they go editing pages that are tangentially related and don't get noticed. Nyttend (talk) 00:49, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Good point; thank you for explaining. I'd imagined treating this only as a bunch of spammers, not treating it as a potential sockpuppetry situation, and that sounds more useful than my idea. Nyttend (talk) 10:56, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
@Obsidi:

Deletion of Backdrop CMS[edit]

Looks like I missed the chance to contest the deletion of the Backdrop CMS page. And I see no way of doing so now so I'd like to bring up a couple things.

First, would you be able to provide me with a copy of the deleted content?

Second, I believe that instead of a deletion, it would have been better to request more references from third party sources. There are a lot of equally small CMS projects that have their own page on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems#PHP) so it seems as if Backdrop CMS was treated differently from them. If it's a matter of not having enough third party sources this can be done. Since Backdrop is *not* a project of Drupal, any Backdrop-specific information about how it's built, etc, would be out of place on the Drupal page.

Would it be acceptable to you if a new page was created but that we worked on getting more references on the importance of the page?

Nubeli (talk) 18:46, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Have your say![edit]

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Alakazam[edit]

I lean toward an illusionist mindset ... You don't say? GMGtalk 20:43, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

illusionist mindset[edit]

I rather like the term " illusionist mindset" Theroadislong (talk) 20:50, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Congratulations to our new co-ordinator emeritus![edit]

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A well-deserved accolade. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:06, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator emeritus.svg The Coordinator Emeritus stars
Absolutely, well done Tom! On behalf of WikiProject Military history, I present you with these Coordinator Emeritus stars as a mark of the esteem in which you are held by members of the project. We know you'll still be around the place, offering advice and suggestions. Sincerely, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:18, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 October 2018[edit]

Thankyou for raising the issue of Somalia/Horn general sanctions[edit]

One would very much hope that we'll get these adopted as general sanctions second or third time.. Buckshot06 (talk) 14:53, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2018[edit]

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

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Administrator changes

added JustlettersandnumbersL235
removed BgwhiteHorsePunchKidJ GrebKillerChihuahuaRami RWinhunter

Interface administrator changes

added Cyberpower678Deryck ChanOshwahPharosRagesossRitchie333

Oversight changes

removed Guerillero NativeForeigner SnowolfXeno

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
  • Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
  • The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
  • Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
  • Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:13, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Interview request[edit]

Hi Tom, To mark the 150th anniversary of The Bugle, Ian and I are running an interview with some of the editors who've been involved in it for a lengthy period. If you have time, we'd appreciate it if you could join in at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2018/Interview. We're planning on sending the next issue out in about 24 hours (Sunday night, Australian time), so I'd be grateful if you could post any responses within that time - sorry for not inviting you earlier. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 05:15, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Tom Nick-D (talk) 07:18, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018[edit]

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Page protection on City Rail Link[edit]

Thanks for dealing with this. As the article now has admin-only temporary page protection is it possible for you to undo an edit from the disruptive user? [1]. Ajf773 (talk) 18:59, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Restoring Amon Akilbaev[edit]

Hello! I would like to ask to please restore the deleted page, Amon Akilbaev. I want to assure you that there was no copyright violation, the sources cited on external pages were written with the help of the artist himself about his work and biography. The author is also in fact my father and we can use this as a written statement confirming the validity of the information provided, and that there is absolutely no copyright violation here. Could you please undelete the page for us? I would highly appreciate it, and I would love for my father's biographical information to remain on wikipedia. Thanks so much!

Leave evil, it will leave you 16:30, 20 October 2018 (UTC)Davron — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davron (talkcontribs)

The Signpost: 28 October 2018[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2018[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
  • A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
  • The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration

  • Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
  • The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-en@wikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:19, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Wentworth by-election, 2018[edit]

Hi, there's been a mistake at this article prior to you locking it with full protection. It was locked while the figures in the infobox were removed, which is how the person making reversions well exceeding 3RR was doing. Not sure who to ask but the stable version would be with the figures retained. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Onetwothreeip (talk) 21:39, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you![edit]

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Tom, I'd like to present you with this barnstar as a token of Ian and my appreciation of your huge contributions to The Bugle. Your huge series of op-eds and timelines have been the perfect way of marking the centenary of World War I. Nick-D (talk) 08:58, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018[edit]

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