User talk:HickoryOughtShirt?4/Archives/2023/March

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

Administrator changes

The Wordsmith

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversighter changes

Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

Technical news

The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration

Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous

The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:19, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Help with an edit warring issue

Hi there. I found you on the recently active admins page, and I'm wondering if you might be able to give me a second opinion on an edit warring issue over at 2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Another user known by their IP address is livescoring in violation of WP:LIVESCORES. I've tried to let them know multiple times that this isn't permitted, but they keep updating the page with livescores anyway. Would you mind taking a look and seeing if this is truly the issue I feel it is? Thanks! Clemkr (talk) 19:03, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Hey Clemkr! As a fellow sports editor, I can share in your frustration with live scores. However, I do not see an attempt to talk to them outside of leaving comments in your edit summary. I recommend leaving them a message on their talk page and/or starting a discussion on the talk page. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:16, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I just wanted to be sure I wasn't overreacting. I've left them a polite talk page message. Clemkr (talk) 19:28, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Clemkr, let me know how it goes and if I need to step in! I never understood why people edited Wikipedia just to contribute stats and then leave. I wish these people stayed even after events/playoffs and continued to contribute. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:30, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi again. Just wanted to give you an update. The user didn't respond to my talk page message and another admin ended up getting involved, accusing me of edit warring myself, and saying that live scoring is not actually a problem. Not sure what to think. It's not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things, but more clarity on the policy would help. Clemkr (talk) 15:12, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Talk:NHL Conference Finals

We are having an issue with Dicklyon refusing to drop the stick in a conversation. Myself and other have repeatedly asked him to stop doing this but he won't stop. Perhaps you if you could please talk to him and make it clear to him that he needs to stop. Deadman137 (talk) 01:18, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, Trainsandotherthings, Lee Vilenski, Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, SounderBruce, Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Justin Schultz

Hello! Your submission of Justin Schultz at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Imzadi 1979 → 15:45, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 9 March 2023

News and notes: What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?

Technology report: Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy

In the media: What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?

Featured content: In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter

Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

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Disambiguation link notification for March 11

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Joe Bowen, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Halifax.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:06, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Another hockey team physician

Enjoy reading my latest article, Michael Stuart (physician)... you might know his three sons! Flibirigit (talk) 23:39, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Ian Cole

Hi there, I've put up a request at Talk:Ian Cole and was hoping you might check it out given your interest in hockey and the NHL. I'd like to get a second opinion regarding the content. Thanks for your help, Kevinmags27 (talk) 20:15, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Kevinmags27 and welcome to Wikipedia. I left a comment but please note that you should really discuss this with the person who declined. I do not see any edits since the rejection to come to an agreement. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 20:30, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 March 2023

News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate

Eyewitness: Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians

In the media: Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences

Featured content: Way too many featured articles

Interview: 228/2/1: the inside scoop on Aoidh's RfA

Traffic report: Who died? Who won? Who lost?

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DYK for Justin Schultz

On 22 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Justin Schultz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Justin Schultz was personally recruited by Hockey Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey to join the Edmonton Oilers in 2012? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Justin Schultz. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Justin Schultz), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.