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Administrators' newsletter – June 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).

Administrator changes

added Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless
removed Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration

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June songs

some flowers and music for you, - you were around when I created my first article, and we enjoyed new music now --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:03, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

added: missing SlimVirgin, and RMF festival opening --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:47, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Guideline and policy news

  • Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
  • An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news

  • IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

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Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello 28bytes:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is currently a backlog of over 1100 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news

  • Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes

readded Jake Wartenberg
removed Emperor • Viridian Bovary
renamed Ashleyyoursmile → Viridian Bovary

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:44, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

  • A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
  • Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
  • The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous

  • Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
  • The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.
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Thinking of you

October 2021

Hope you are well! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Today: memories in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:28, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Significant day in many respects --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:08, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

Guideline and policy news

  • Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:43, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Blocked

I seem to be blocked from editing, which is a bit surprising to me. Looks like a range block by Yamla that my current IP is caught in? It’s block #11652838. Can a friendly talk page stalker assist? 28bytes (talk) 19:14, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

I've given you IPBE. Seems like it's just a fluke that admins have IPBE automatically, and crats don't. Hopefully no one yells at me that I granted it indefinitely, but the range block is 2 years, and the menu choices for IPBE stopped at 1 year. p.s. Hi 28bytes, hope all is going well. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:11, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
Many thanks, Floq! I’ll test it out once I’m on the “bad” ISP again tomorrow. 28bytes (talk) 20:44, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021).

Administrator changes

removed A Train • Berean Hunter • Epbr123 • GermanJoe • Sanchom • Mysid

Technical news

  • Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. (T284642)
  • The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. (T293866)

Arbitration


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Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 10:20, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!

Hi 28bytes. I miss seeing you around and hope that our paths cross again. In the meantime, I wanted to reach out and wish you, from my family to yours, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 2021 has been a challenging year and here's hoping 2022 is better for us all. All the best, TheSandDoctor Talk 05:00, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Merry Christmas to you too. 28bytes (talk) 00:58, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The functionaries email list (functionaries-en@lists.wikimedia.org) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:24, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

in friendship

January songs
in friendship

Happy new year! - Today I show yesterday's snow (if you click on "songs") and today's music in memory of Jerome Kohl, a friend --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:08, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year to you too, Gerda! 28bytes (talk) 23:08, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, it began happily with vacation. I uploaded images but stopped at 22 January - click on songs. 30 January means 10 years of Precious, first for a blocked whom you freed ;) - It's also the birthday of a friend, - I'm so happy I mentioned his DYK on his 90th birthday when he was still alive. I have a great singer on DYK whom I heard, Elena Guseva, and wait for a Recent death appearance of Georg Christoph Biller whom I saw in action. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:49, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
update: we have now Guseva pictured, Biller picured better (but still not on the Main page), and one more day of my pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:02, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome back to the job

Glad to see another active admin. Also 'crat, whatever they do :). HighInBC Need help? Just ask. 01:41, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! It’s good to be back. 28bytes (talk) 01:55, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Bah. Wasn't onwiki last night after all. Missed it. But delighted you're back in the fold. --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 08:42, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

I was just looking at the Former Admin list to check about an editor I was unfamiliar with and saw that you had chosen to pick up the mop again! Welcome back! Well, a belated welcome back. I don't check in on the noticeboards like I did when I was a new editor. There's too much work to do to get pulled into the constant conflicts although maybe the drama boards need a few more admins to look into disputes.
Any way, we can really use your help and experience so thanks! Liz Read! Talk! 23:54, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Liz! 28bytes (talk) 00:35, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin)

I tend to stay away from DYK, but with the current CofE issues, I saw this one, which you approved. Care to check again? The source for the claim starts with "STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. ONE 1970 2-DOOR SEDAN RAMBLER (GREMLIN), Appellant." Which, uh, is not what the article or the DYK hook states. Fram (talk) 17:05, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Yep, I will take another look. 28bytes (talk) 17:06, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
@Fram: OK, I think I see the problem (please correct me if I'm wrong.) Let's start with the article, then discuss the hook. The lede should say "It was brought by the owner of a Rambler Gremlin, whose car was seized by the American state of Nebraska on the grounds it was transporting illegal marijuana" (or something similar) rather than "It was brought by the American state of Nebraska to seize a Rambler Gremlin on the grounds it was transporting illegal marijuana." Also, "defendant" in the second paragraph should be changed to "appellant" or perhaps simply "party". Thoughts? 28bytes (talk) 17:35, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
Yes, the page and hook had the case completely reversed, which was a bit strange... Fram (talk) 17:50, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
OK, that's fixed. Thanks for catching that. I'll reopen the review and propose a new hook that better reflects who sued whom. I appreciate your vigilance! 28bytes (talk) 18:10, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
This continues. In my opinion, your original review was right. Happy editing. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:02, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, 7&6, I just read the extended discussion there and I’m glad you and the other subject matter experts were able to clarify things. 28bytes (talk) 17:09, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
I said it wouldn't be easy. "Fools rush in ..." but lawyers do research and choose their battles. You were right in the first place; and the resistance that developed was peculiar to the terrain and the players. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:10, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

A Dobos torte for you!

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it.


To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:02, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-03

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  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 January. It will be on all wikis from 20 January (calendar).

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  • Community Wishlist Survey 2022 continues. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more.

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19:53, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-04

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  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 January. It will be on all wikis from 27 January (calendar).
  • The following languages can now be used with syntax highlighting: BDD, Elpi, LilyPond, Maxima, Rita, Savi, Sed, Sophia, Spice, .SRCINFO.
  • You can now access your watchlist from outside of the user menu in the new Vector skin. The watchlist link appears next to the notification icons if you are at the top of the page. [2]

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21:36, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:14.192.209.24

 Comment: Removed, sorry for the message. Missed there was a previous page there. -- Asartea Talk | Contribs 10:19, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

No worries! 28bytes (talk) 14:31, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 January 2022

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DYK for Jeremy Ayers

On 31 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jeremy Ayers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a new species of ant was named to honor artist Jeremy Ayers and the non-binary community? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jeremy Ayers. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jeremy Ayers), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

lovely to see you as a creator again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you Gerda! It is good to be writing again. 28bytes (talk) 13:14, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-05

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  • If a gadget should support the new ?withgadget URL parameter that was announced 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify supportsUrlLoad in the gadget definition (documentation). [3]

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  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 February. It will be on all wikis from 3 February (calendar).

Future changes

  • A change that was announced last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead:
    • The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available) or by administrators on your wiki.

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17:40, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

February songs

February songs
frozen

Today is a feast day for which Bach wrote several cantatas including Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, which was on DYK 10 years ago and TFA 4 years ago. I'm less happy that Georg Christoph Biller had to wait days for a Main page appearance under recent deaths, and then stayed not even for a full day. It would have been so meaningful today, with the man in the cantata saying he can depart in joy and peace. - The February pic was taken in memory last year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

I like my talk today (even explaining how it works), and managed to picture two more vacation days --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:28, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Today, I decorated my talk with a Bach cantata. I heard it last year when missing RexxS began, and "not letting go" was a theme. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:15, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

my joy - more on my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Valentine's Day edition, with spring flowers and plenty of music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:23, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Always precious

Precious
ten years

thank you for competence, helpfulness and friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:40, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

22 02 2022: music for you, today the German Main page has de:In Freundschaft. There's a long story behind it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:25, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

stand and sing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:01, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

same with stress on Prayer for Ukraine, with a history from 1995 to 2022, - the article a work in progress, help wanted --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:15, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
  • The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Welcome Back 28b

Thank you for returning, it’s a pleasure to see you resume in that very tasking role. The English Wikipedia needs more hands on deck. Thanks once more for resuming in that capacity. :) Celestina007 (talk) 13:29, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! 28bytes (talk) 13:51, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-06

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  • English Wikipedia recently set up a gadget for dark mode. You can enable it there, or request help from an interface administrator to set it up on your wiki (instructions and screenshot).
  • Category counts are sometimes wrong. They will now be completely recounted at the beginning of every month. [4]

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21:14, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-07

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  • Purging a category page with fewer than 5,000 members will now recount it completely. This will allow editors to fix incorrect counts when it is wrong. [5]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 February. It will be on all wikis from 17 February (calendar).
  • Advanced item In the AbuseFilter extension, the rmspecials() function has been updated so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of rmspecials() with rmwhitespace() wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [6]

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19:17, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

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