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Administrators' newsletter – July 2019
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).
Administrator changes
28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam1 • Flyguy649 • Fram2 • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe
- 1Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
- 2Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.
- In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.
- The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
- The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
- A request for comment seeks to determine whether Wikipedia:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.
Technical news
- The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.
Miscellaneous
- In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.
Fram
[edit]Until the WMF overturns its unexplained one-year ban, I'm sitting down. For the sake of the encyclopedia on which so many rely, please join me. The Trust & Safety Committee has, ironically, lost my trust. Miniapolis 00:49, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
- I'm just drilling down into this sh*tstorm; I'm not sure what to make of it yet. I've never interacted with Fram and I'm not a fan of his communication style, but I feel disquiet that the WMF feels it necessary to ignore this project's internal processes and issue bans instead of raising problems regarding that editor with members of the community and the Arbcom. I won't be doing any copy-editing today; maybe the Guild stuff can wait too. Baffle☿gab 03:00, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
- You're right about Fram; he's not a model editor, but he's a definite net positive and this weird sanction is out of all proportion to his offense(s). Apparently there's a massive COI which stinks to high heaven involving the WMF and an editor with whom Fram has had disputes. I usually don't bother with Wikipediocracy, but may stop by there today after I get done with the blitz list in my sandbox and create the page (unless someone bests me to the latter); then Jonesey or I (or anyone else who has the mass-message-sender flag—I forget who) can send out the June bulletin and update the ombox. Ironically, WPC may be more transparent about this issue (if for no other reason then their perennial axe to grind
) than WP. I'm going to run out the clock as lead coordinator, but this has been a real eye-opener. Thanks for all your help. Stay sane and all the best, Miniapolis 14:32, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
- I am glad to see this has happened and hope it will be a start to heal the damage done to the Wikipedia community. I'm glad you're still here too; thank you for staying. ;) Baffle☿gab 00:51, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, Baffle, I was glad to see it too and appreciate your staying around as well. It'll be a while (if ever) before I regain my previous enthusiasm, but old habits die hard . Still not doing any adminny stuff, though; there are two overwhelmingly-passing RfAs, so I don't think my filespace-backlog work will be missed. Enjoy the weekend and all the best, Miniapolis 02:06, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
- It's good to see some successful RFAs happening, especially at this time, and you deserve a break anyway. I'm less active this time of year anyway... who wants to sit in front of a screen when they can be sitting in the Hall of Fame garden with a good book and a nice, long drink? :) Take care and cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:50, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, Baffle, I was glad to see it too and appreciate your staying around as well. It'll be a while (if ever) before I regain my previous enthusiasm, but old habits die hard
- I am glad to see this has happened and hope it will be a start to heal the damage done to the Wikipedia community. I'm glad you're still here too; thank you for staying. ;) Baffle☿gab 00:51, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
- You're right about Fram; he's not a model editor, but he's a definite net positive and this weird sanction is out of all proportion to his offense(s). Apparently there's a massive COI which stinks to high heaven involving the WMF and an editor with whom Fram has had disputes. I usually don't bother with Wikipediocracy, but may stop by there today after I get done with the blitz list in my sandbox and create the page (unless someone bests me to the latter); then Jonesey or I (or anyone else who has the mass-message-sender flag—I forget who) can send out the June bulletin and update the ombox. Ironically, WPC may be more transparent about this issue (if for no other reason then their perennial axe to grind
The Signpost: 31 July 2019
[edit]- In the media: Politics starts getting rough
- Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban
- Arbitration report: A month of reintegration
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?
- News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way
- Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect
- Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract
- Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things