User talk:Dolotta/Archive 7
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Question from Christianthepope (05:45, 31 July 2023)
Greetings I would like some help in writing a small bio for myself is that something i could accomplish? --Christianthepope (talk) 05:45, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Technical news
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
- Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)
Arbitration
- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
- The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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Technical news
- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
Arbitration
- The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus
. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged tonote when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful
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Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
- The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
- There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.
Arbitration
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
- Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
- Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
- Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
- Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
- Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
- An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.
Miscellaneous
- The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
Question from شانی جی اوکاڑہ والے (17:08, 21 November 2023)
Yes why not dear! I will respect you sir at all times! I must also question whether you would say, sir. I have to create a new article on Wikipedia, so I will ask you to help me sir! And the best thing will be that you are and will be my best friend and I need you very much. Thank you --شانی جی اوکاڑہ والے (talk) 17:08, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
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Happy Birthday!
 | Happy birthday! Hi Dolotta! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:55, 26 November 2023 (UTC) |  |
@The Herald: Thanks a million! My friends at Wikipedia are always the first to wish me a happy birthday. Hope things are going well. -- Dolotta (talk) 13:43, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
- The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
- Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Arbitration
- Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
- The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
Hello, I have reassessed this as GA. A class requires two impartial reviews. Schierbecker (talk) 07:09, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Question from Klajjur (18:37, 18 January 2024)
i want to know what a good edit will be like. can you check to see if my edit on the ajwa dates article is good and give me feedback? --Klajjur (talk) 18:37, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Question from African Business Aviation Association (08:31, 31 January 2024)
Hi it is my first time here. How do i add information on African Business Aviation Association to its page? --African Business Aviation Association (talk) 08:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)
Arbitration
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
- Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
- Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
Question from Bswilson35 (14:45, 3 February 2024)
Hi thank you for my warm welcome :) --Bswilson35 (talk) 14:45, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
- @Bswilson35: Glad to have you on board! If you have any questions, feel free to ask! -- Dolotta (talk) 23:07, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Question from Rxsmxtx on Tejasswi Prakash (13:35, 5 February 2024)
Hello 👋🏻 How to add an extra column on 2022? --Rxsmxtx (talk) 13:35, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
- @Rxsmxtx: Greetings! You can add a column by adding "! scope="col" | Name of Column" to its own line in the article. -- Dolotta (talk) 13:21, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
March 2024 GAN backlog drive
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
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Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
- Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.
Technical news
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)
Miscellaneous
- The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.
Happy First Edit Day!
 | Happy First Edit Day! Hi Dolotta! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:40, 17 March 2024 (UTC) | |
- Thank you, The Herald!
Question from SiahNawitka (19:21, 24 March 2024)
Hello, Dolotta,
Thanks for the welcome and for offering to answer questions -- I will probably have a few once I read some intro pages. It's so reassuring to know you're there and can help. Talk soon! --SiahNawitka (talk) 19:21, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
Question from Tech and Car Savvy (14:58, 9 April 2024)
Idk how to edit something in Wikipedia. --Tech and Car Savvy (talk) 14:58, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Tech and Car Savvy: It looks like you figured it out. Welcome to Wikipedia! If you have any other questions, let me know! -- Dolotta (talk) 23:45, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thank you for fixing my user page. I eliminated the userbox but missed the topicon. MelanieN (talk) 22:03, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
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Question from Kashif moin khan (12:57, 20 May 2024)
Hi How can you help me? --Kashif moin khan (talk) 12:57, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
- Greetings! Ask anything related to Wikipedia and I will do my best to answer. -- Dolotta (talk) 11:43, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from Freezone77 on User:Freezone77 (06:18, 21 May 2024)
Hello, Actually I have a question.. What to mention in user page? --Freezone77 (talk) 06:18, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
- Greetings, Freezone77!
- I see a few things regularly on people's user pages. People will often mention what kind of areas they enjoy editing -- whether it is astronomy, art, geography or behind-the-scenes activities. Often, users will add links to the articles that they have worked heavily on. -- Dolotta (talk) 11:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from Manalony (22:22, 22 May 2024)
How do I ask questions about something? --Manalony (talk) 22:22, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
How can we save water
We can save water by using small amount of water when bathing and also not to leave our taps running water❤️ Manalony (talk) 22:29, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from \Kurdball88 (08:09, 28 May 2024)
hellooo so ive made an article and it didnt work so i re edited it and then i saved the changes and done. its been a while now will i get a notifacation for when its like uplaoded or what? --\Kurdball88 (talk) 08:09, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- @\Kurdball88: The article you have been working on, Draft:Kurdball88, will likely not become a full fledged article due to notability issues. That being said, if the page review section of your global notification preferences is checked, you should be notified when an article is reviewed. -- Dolotta (talk) 23:11, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from Echo02 (22:47, 29 May 2024)
wassup gang, good witchu cuh ? --Echo02 (talk) 22:47, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! -- Dolotta (talk) 23:12, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
Question from Henry Clarke Kisembo (20:58, 12 June 2024)
I wish to create a biography for Dr. Henry Clarke Kisembo, PhD --Henry Clarke Kisembo (talk) 20:58, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
Question from Benjaminfranklin 06 on K. Bhavani Karunakaran (08:33, 26 June 2024)
Hello, how add an image in Wikipedia --Benjaminfranklin 06 (talk) 08:33, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Question from Beenish Hanif (20:29, 3 July 2024)
Hi I want to make a page about a sufi saint. How do I do that? --Beenish Hanif (talk) 20:29, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Beenish Hanif: Welcome to Wikipedia! Wikipedia only allows those people who have the autoconfirmed permission -- that is 10 edits and a 3 day old account -- to create an article. In the meantime, you can create a draft.
Question from Maham28 (08:04, 5 July 2024)
hello, to add a reference, which websites are considered authentic and which ones are not. Moreover, how do you decide on external and internal links? I feel a bit confused in that area. Hope you can help. --Maham28 (talk) 08:04, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Maham28: This Wikipedia page on Reliable sources is a good place to start on references. External references are almost never appropriate in the body of an article so internal links to other Wikipedia pages are invariably more appropriate. External links are provided at the end of an article, like in the page you edited previously. They are usually personal web pages and the like that would provide more information that aren't necessarily appropriate for inclusion on Wikipedia. -- Dolotta (talk) 15:28, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Question from Khyungba (10:24, 5 July 2024)
Hello, About the citation i just added a map for the name of place is it alright for me to add that ? --Khyungba (talk) 10:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
Question from Maham28 (11:47, 14 July 2024)
hello, how can I make a draft for the review by you? --Maham28 (talk) 11:47, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
Question from Spilol22 (11:45, 20 July 2024)
Hi, where can i see if my edits are approved or not? --Spilol22 (talk) 11:45, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Technical news
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
Miscellaneous
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!