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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)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Dbyrneo94/Portmarnock Under 16 B Team

A tag has been placed on User:Dbyrneo94/Portmarnock Under 16 B Team requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 21:20, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Not sure why Twinkle gave this notice to you and not the above user. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:31, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
I probably userified the page and it was forgotten about. No worries. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 01:03, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users

Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

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We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 January 2022

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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

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Mirror and comb (Pictish symbol) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mirror and comb (Pictish symbol) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mirror and comb (Pictish symbol) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Slashlefty (talk) 12:13, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

We are not in disagreement

We may look it, but we are not. I see a hole that could be dug even deeper. FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 19:11, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Davidgress920

Many of your comments are incisive, but disclosing some of the quirkier behavioral similarities is not a good idea generally for socks, some of whom learn from such comments. Also, each time you comment, the sock responds, and I don't see the point of goading them. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:40, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

I appreciate the perspective. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 21:21, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Blocking IP addresses

Hello Catfish Jim and the soapdish,

I noticed that following some trolling at ANI you blocked 2600:387:F:4011:0:0:0:1 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) with an expiration time of indefinite. You may want to review the guidance on IP block durations at WP:IPBLENGTH, these days infinite IP blocks are generally frowned upon because IP addresses get reassigned and long blocks are likely to cause a lot of collateral damage. In this case the IP belongs to AT&T wireless and seems to be used for mobile phones, it is probable that the person you were aiming the block at will only have that IP for a few hours. Final thought, when dealing with IPV6 addresses the general advice is to just block the entire WP:/64, because the entire /64 range tends to be assigned to just one user. 192.76.8.70 (talk) 10:29, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Yep, I've changed that block to 24 hours.Catfish Jim and the soapdish 11:27, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2022

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Username

Just saw your username pop up at SPI—I love it! ✨ -- TNT (talk • she/her) 22:50, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

It's really dumb, isn't it? Catfish Jim and the soapdish 08:46, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Jim - hope you are well. Thanks for doing the legwork at the SPI case last night. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 08:24, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

No problem... I see there's already been an appeal... Catfish Jim and the soapdish 08:46, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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The Signpost: 27 March 2022

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ANI report withdrawal

Is it possible to withdraw an ANI report or does an admin have to close it? Sorry for taking my post off of ANI. Desertambition (talk) 16:16, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, another admin just told me what to do on the WP:ANI page. Won't delete anything there again, just didn't realize proper procedure. Desertambition (talk) 16:18, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

No problem... have a nice day! Catfish Jim and the soapdish 16:19, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
  • When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:12, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

  1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
  2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 April 2022

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

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

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Arbitration

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The Signpost: 29 May 2022

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