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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

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

Administrator changes

Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Oversight changes

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Guideline and policy news

Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news

A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)

Arbitration

Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

Miscellaneous

Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add /64 to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since October. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz focused on July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: In the November Backlog Elimination Drive, thirty editors signed up, twenty-two of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Both target months—December 2021 and January 2022—were cleared, and February was added to the target months. Sixteen requests were copy-edited and 239 articles were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our seven-day-long December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz begins on 17 December at 00:01 (UTC)*. It will focus on articles tagged for copy-edit in February 2022, and pending requests from September and October. Barnstars awarded will be available here.

Progress report: As of 22:40, 8 December 2022, GOCE copyeditors have processed 357 requests since 1 January, there were seventy-four requests outstanding and the backlog stands at 1,791 articles. We always need skilled copy-editors; please help out if you can.

Election news: Nomination of candidates for the GOCE's Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2023 is open and continues until 23:59 on 15 December. Voting begins at 00:01 on 16 December and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Coordinators serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on June 30. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, please nominate yourself or any editor you consider suitable—with their permission, of course!. It's your Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers and best seasonal wishes from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu, and Zippybonzo.

*All times and dates on this newsletter are UTC.
To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:26, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error

The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Brain freeze!

Hello, Miniapolis,

I saw User:Minneapolis on the Deletion log and thought, oh my God, they quit Wikipedia! It took me a second to remember this is not how you spell your username even though the two names are pronounced the same.

It's been a long time since we were Arbitration clerks together and so I don't run into you much any more. I hope you are doing some editing you find more rewarding than posting warning notices on user talk pages. Happy holidays to you! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:42, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the good wishes, Liz. I'm pretty much where I was when I started here, working with the Guild of Copy Editors and doing a bit of backlog mopping. I learned a lot as an ArbCom clerk, but it was time-consuming

. Happy holidays and all the best, Miniapolis 01:43, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE November barnstar distribution errors?

Hello. I noticed that on the November drive barnstar page that you and Bafflegab have green checkmarks, when usually they are orange. I thought that the two of you might be electing to receive barnstars, but evidently not. A likely more important matter might be that Jayowyn seems to have earned a diligence barnstar that has been neither checked off nor apparently awarded. Is that a mistake that needs to be rectified? Dhtwiki (talk) 06:12, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think Baffle has changed their mind about barnstars, and I know I haven't

. The checkmarks are green because I use {{y}} (

), which is quicker to type. I gave Jayowyn their barnstar; thanks for noticing that omission. All the best, Miniapolis 02:25, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still firm in my anti-barnstar stance; thanks for asking. :D Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:20, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I may change yours and Baffle gab's checks to {{mby}}, to keep them consistent with other months. I assume you won't mind. Thank you for doing the barnstars. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:19, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Works for me. :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 06:31, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Have made the changes to {{mby}} (

). Dhtwiki (talk) 07:10, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand why our checkmarks need to be yellow, but have at it. Miniapolis 14:15, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

But they always have been that way, at least since I've been involved in making out barnstar reports. It does distinguish those who have earned barnstars but haven't, by their own choice, received them, from those who both earn and have them left on their talk pages. Such a practice allows editors to quickly "check off" you and Baffle gab, and any others who so chose to not receive such baubles, which can be a way of preventing the effort involved in giving barnstars by mistake to those who don't want them. Dhtwiki (talk) 22:17, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Miniapolis: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:57, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:57, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

~~~ Merry Christmas! ~~~
Joyeux Noël! ~ Buon Natale! ~ Vrolijk Kerstfeest! ~ Frohe Weihnachten!
¡Feliz Navidad! ~ Feliz Natal! ~ Καλά Χριστούγεννα! ~ Hyvää Joulua!
God Jul! ~ Glædelig Jul! ~ Linksmų Kalėdų! ~ Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus!
Häid Jõule! ~ Wesołych Świąt! ~ Boldog Karácsonyt! ~ Veselé Vánoce!
Veselé Vianoce! ~ Crăciun Fericit! ~ Sretan Božić! ~ С Рождеством!
শুভ বড়দিন! ~ 圣诞节快乐！~ メリークリスマス！~ 메리 크리스마스!
สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส! ~ Selamat Hari Natal! ~ Giáng sinh an lành!
Весела Коледа!

Hello, Miniapolis! Thank you for your work to maintain and improve Wikipedia! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:03, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove and leave other users this message by adding {{subst:Multi-language Season's Greetings}}

CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:03, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Enjoy the season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:19, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]