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Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

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  • The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
  • Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Deleting my old archive pages

Thanks for slogging through that! Robvanvee 16:56, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Happy to help. Cheers.--Mojo Hand (talk) 17:01, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).

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  • Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
  • The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

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  • Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
  • When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [1]

Arbitration

  • Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:06, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

DTTR but CIR

So you didn't warn the IP after reverting this edit as an admin? Consider {{uw-warn}} appropriately applied here. Toddst1 (talk) 04:46, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Toddst1 - is this really how you talk to people you have never met? I think a friendlier initial approach is almost always a better way to make your point.--Mojo Hand (talk) 05:11, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
Criticize the delivery. Change the subject from your behavior. Good tactic. Toddst1 (talk) 15:39, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
My behavior? I honestly find your messages here to be shocking. Some thoughts:
  • User warning messages are never required, though obviously I think they are a good idea, given my participation in the UW WikiProject.
  • Dickishness by long term users is almost as much of a problem as vandalism.
  • If you had approached me in a friendly manner, I would have thanked you for the input and noted that I am using Huggle, which seems to be having issues in delivering user warnings.
  • WP:DTTR does not appear to have any relevance to this discussion. Citing WP:CIR in this context is both technically incorrect and obnoxious. Perhaps you should read the things you reference.
--Mojo Hand (talk) 16:56, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
  • A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news

  • Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:20, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

My previous post

I owe you an apology. Apparently, I was having a bad day. Toddst1 (talk) 16:38, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Toddst1 - that's very gracious of you. I was kinda grumpy too; it seems like humanity is having a bad month!--Mojo Hand (talk) 23:16, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020).

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  • There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.

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  • The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:00, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Just so you know

I’m one of Matthew Clay’s youngest living relatives 67.61.166.230 (talk) 18:36, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Great. Does your family have any portraits or images of him that you would be willing to make public for use on Wikipedia?-Mojo Hand (talk) 14:38, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2020).

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readded Callanecc

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:19, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

African Rice Center

I think I created this article as a redirect, and someone else made it into an article and then deleted it per G7. Don't know the history here, and "no" is fine, but would it be a good idea to turn it back into a redirect? HLHJ (talk) 05:06, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello HLHJ. This page was only ever a redirect, and nobody else edited it. Here is the entire history of the page before I deleted it:
  • (diff) 14:11, August 9, 2016 . . HLHJ (talk | contribs | block) 14 bytes (my typo: it has a stray 'n', should be Africa Rice Center)
  • (diff) 14:03, August 9, 2016 . . HLHJ (talk | contribs | block) 107 bytes
  • (diff) 14:03, August 9, 2016 . . HLHJ (talk | contribs | block) 114 bytes (requested own delete)
  • (diff) 13:57, August 9, 2016 . . HLHJ (talk | contribs | block) 33 bytes (UK/US spelling)
I think it could be a useful redirect, so I have no problem restoring it, if you want, or you could just re-create it as a redirect. Let me know your pleasure.--Mojo Hand (talk) 14:21, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
That was rather silly of me, wasn't it? A redirect seems appropriate, done. I've created African Rice Centre with an R-E, too. Sorry for wasting your time. HLHJ (talk) 14:32, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
No worries - you had no access to the history, and I don't remember my edits from four years ago either. Cheers.--Mojo Hand (talk) 14:34, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of Gantumoote page

Hey, I was interested in creating a page for Gantumoote but I noticed that you deleted an article that was created for it earlier. I was wondering why was it deleted, and what would my article need to prevent deleting the page again? I've created wikipedia pages before so I do have some experience with it.

Thanks, Intoxicatedmidnight (talk) 01:42, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Intoxicatedmidnight. The page at Gantumoote never got started; someone just put the words, "Coming soon" on the page, but never actually got started writing the article. So the "article" was deleted as a test page, but not for any reasons related to the actual merits of the movie. As such, there is no logistical reason you can't start a new article at that page. Personally, I know very little about foreign language films, so I don't have any useful advice about whether the movie is notable or meets the relevant guideline WP:NFILMS. Good luck, and let me know if I can do anything else.--Mojo Hand (talk) 15:20, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Blanking of AFD for privacy concerns

Dear Sir,

This page was just deleted. I wondered if you could please be so kind as to black the AFD cover-page, for privacy reasons, so that there are no BLP issues. Notably, so the page isn't google-able online.

Thanks a lot. BlueSapphires (talk) 23:38, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done. Let me know if you need anything else.--Mojo Hand (talk) 03:42, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
{{Xfd-privacy}} (needs to be substed) can also be used. I am not sure if it's necessary but since the bot-updated Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old is now showing this AFD as still open it might be. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you Jo-Jo Eumerus; I didn't know that template existed.--Mojo Hand (talk) 22:14, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Advice on AFD

Dear Sir, I hope to seek help on an ongoing AFD. I am the article creator of Kwong Weng Yap. This page was created in 2016 and I went through proper processes (admission for new articles) and consulted a few wiki editors. After four years, because of news that the subject would participate as a political candidate, there has been a surge of edits/views over the past few days and a request for deletion of the page was activated due to the subject’s perceived lack of notability as claimed by some editors. I find no vanity in the article and believe the subject is notable. I explained my reasons in the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Kwong_Weng_Yap While I understand there has been 2 AFDs in 2015, I played no part in it. My article was substantially different when I created it. In 2016, I read about the subject on the newspaper and wrote an article about him. I tried to justify my case using references and articles to the best of my ability. In doing so, I found that two editors (the nominator and another editor) have been discussing on their talk pages to plan and delete the page. I find their actions unnecessary and wrong. I suspect that there are additional agendas to their actions besides improving an article, which I can’t seem to articulate because this seems too timely. I find this disturbing and have tried to resolve the matter but to no avail. I developed a sense of injustice not only because of the effort put in to write the article but also subjected to a sense of unfairness. Will appreciate it very much if you can help and advise. Superwifi (talk) 14:50, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Superwifi. I have taken a brief look at the article and the AFD, and I am not sure what advice you are looking for. I agree with Sandstein that the article is sufficiently different from the previous versions that it should go through another AFD discussion (rather than under speedy deletion WP:CSD#G4). Beyond that, I don't see anything improper in the nomination or the process. I do know that it is disheartening to work on content only to have it deleted. Unfortunately, that is a risk on Wikipedia. However, even if the article is deleted, you can still continue to work on it in userspace, to see if the subject gains clearer notability as a result of his political ambitions.--Mojo Hand (talk) 14:49, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Dear Sir, I wanted to thank you for your comments, which made sense and showed kindness. This page Kwong Weng Yap was just deleted. I wondered if you could please be so kind as to black the AFD cover-page, for privacy reasons, so that there are no BLP issues. Superwifi (talk) 03:10, 3 June 2020 (UTC) Superwifi (talk) 03:10, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello again Superwifi. Sorry for the slow response - I've been a bit busy IRL. I am always sympathetic to BLP and privacy issues. At the same time, I see that this is the third AFD discussion about the same subject, and the other two have existed for some time. Is there something specific about this AFD that you think distinguishes it from the other two and creates BLP or privacy issues? --Mojo Hand (talk) 14:33, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello Sir, thank you for your response despite being busy with work. I understand the subject didn’t pass the third AFD due to the notability criteria but I would like to work in userspace to improve this article should his notability becomes clearer in the future. Unlike the previous two AFDs, this AFD is different because it is substantially a different article from that were conducted several years back, which I had no involvement in. This time round, it has been specifically brought up that the subject was recently put in the spotlight due to an online spat with an academic. Hence potential BLP issues could occur and judgments can be made to downplay the subject’s accomplishments in a political context, which is not align to the values of Wikipedia and is unfair to the subject. As I created the content of this article, I wouldn’t want to cause/create any potential ‘harm’ to the subject in any way, so I am requesting for your understanding on the matter to maintain the article’s privacy. I will feel very bad if anything happens in this regard. Will appreciate it very much if you could kindly help Superwifi (talk) 16:54, 6 June 2020 (UTC) Superwifi (talk) 16:54, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

 Done. I'm not certain I fully understand the concern, but I don't see any harm in blanking the details of the AFD.--Mojo Hand (talk) 15:41, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Dear sir, thank you. It is much appreciated. Superwifi (talk) 16:48, 8 June 2020 (UTC) Superwifi (talk) 16:48, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2020).

Administrator changes

added CaptainEek • Creffett • Cwmhiraeth
removed Anna Frodesiak • Buckshot06 • Ronhjones • SQL

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removed SQL

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Arbitration

  • A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:27, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Restore article

Hi, Please restore the page Iqbal Azad that you deleted. After restoration I will improve this page. Kaitudi (talk) 21:48, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello Kaitudi. The version of the page I deleted was blank (no content at all). Are you looking to restore prior versions of the page created by blocked user Hansi jat? If so, you will need to discuss that with the admin who deleted those pages, Jimfbleak. Looks like you have already started a new page in draftspace, and I think that is the best way to go.--Mojo Hand (talk) 14:27, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


Thanks for deleting Aabha Hanjura

Hi, & I had by error created the Aabha Hanjura article in mainspace while I wanted to start working on it in my userspace (sandbox). Trust things are okay now that It exists in my userspace. Do visit my talk page and let me know if anything can be done with this draft. Ambar (talk) 20:43, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Special:WantedTemplates

Hi, I have been cleaning up Special:WantedTemplates and noticed that Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:"_+_"oldafdfull"_+_" is pointing to your monobook.js and vector.js pages. clearly these are false positives (basically a bug in how WP parses .js pages). it would be really great if you could add
// <syntaxhighlight lang=javascript> to the top and
// </syntaxhighlight> to the bottom of those pages. by putting these tags in comments, it won't prevent the javascript from executing, but it will remove those pages from Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:"_+_"oldafdfull"_+_". alternatively, for the monobook.js page, if you are no longer using the monobook skin (many people are using vector these days) and don't need to keep the old page, you could just have the page deleted. thank you in advance for your help. Frietjes (talk) 20:01, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

 Done--Mojo Hand (talk) 15:44, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2020

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:25, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

keep on; share knowledge! wikimonk (talk) 10:08, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:16, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020).

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:21, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome
Ten years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:41, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

... and again today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2020

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:56, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2020

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2020

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your "Keep" close of the deletion attempt for George Payne (actor)! What do you think of my improvements to the page? Right cite (talk) 16:49, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello Right cite. Sorry for the slow response - I've been off Wiki for a few days. The huge improvement to the article definitely put it over the top. Some editors (me included) are cautious about spending a lot of time on an article that may get deleted, so I give you kudos for jumping into the pond and saving the article.--Mojo Hand (talk) 15:19, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2020

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

CafeTran deletion

Hello. Please change your deletion reason for the CafeTran page from G3 (Pure vandalism and blatant hoaxes) to G4 (Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion). https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cafetran_Espresso&action=edit&redlink=1 --leuce (talk) 08:07, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello Leuce - my apologies for the delayed response as I have been busy IRL. The version of the page that I deleted was pure vandalism. It was three sentences of insults and personal attacks, which had absolutely nothing to do with the translation tool. So, the deletion reason was valid, but it should not be relevant to any longer term discussion of CafeTran. I hope that helps, and please let me know if you need anything else.--Mojo Hand (talk) 15:37, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho

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