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Administrators' newsletter – August 2020
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020).
Administrator changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
- Speedy deletion criterion T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment.
- Speedy deletion criterion X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion.
- There is a proposal to restrict proposed deletion to confirmed users.
The Signpost: 2 August 2020
[edit]- Special report: Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
- COI and paid editing: Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
- News and notes: Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
- In the media: Dog days gone bad
- Discussion report: Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
- Featured content: Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
- Traffic report: Now for something completely different
- News from the WMF: New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users
- Obituaries: Hasteur and Brian McNeil
Hi Miniapolis, are you still working on the copy-edit for this article? Your last edit there was 00:00, 1 August 2020 (UTC). I hope all is well in your world; sorry for the poke, just doin' me dooty... ;) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:24, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- It looks like Miniapolis tagged the talk page as completed but maybe forgot to mark the Request as done. Hope all is well! – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:34, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry both and Jonesey, you're right. We were preparing for a family visit, and I was racing to tie up loose ends. I've tagged WP:GOCE/REQ for the bot. Stay well and all the best, Miniapolis 15:11, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, no worries, I hope the family visit was enjoyable. :) Take care and cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:11, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, thanks. With things as they are, we didn't know when we'd see each other in person again. It's tough to hug on Skype
. Stay well and all the best, Miniapolis 23:36, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, thanks. With things as they are, we didn't know when we'd see each other in person again. It's tough to hug on Skype
- Thanks, no worries, I hope the family visit was enjoyable. :) Take care and cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:11, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry both and Jonesey, you're right. We were preparing for a family visit, and I was racing to tie up loose ends. I've tagged WP:GOCE/REQ for the bot. Stay well and all the best, Miniapolis 15:11, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Copyeditor's Barnstar |
| Hello Miniapolis. Thanks for your wonderful copy-editing work on Fasana-e-Azad. The article looks better now. My honest thanks to you. Gazal world (talk) 17:26, 15 August 2020 (UTC) |
- Could you remove the 'why' tag from the lead. "Although the work is not technically a novel,[why?]" = Beacause of the author's poor treatment with plot and lack of characterisation. Thanks. --Gazal world (talk) 17:28, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 August 2020
[edit]- News and notes: The high road and the low road
- In the media: Storytelling large and small
- Featured content: Going for the goal
- Special report: Wikipedia's not so little sister is finding its own way
- Op-Ed: The longest-running hoax
- Traffic report: Heart, soul, umbrellas, and politics
- News from the WMF: Fourteen things we’ve learned by moving Polish Wikimedia conference online
- Recent research: Detecting spam, and pages to protect; non-anonymous editors signal their intelligence with high-quality articles
- Arbitration report: A slow couple of months
- From the archives: Wikipedia for promotional purposes?