User talk:RickinBaltimore/Archive 23

User:Pmpfilm

The ironic thing is that he might even be notable - but probably not as a successful film director. This is fascinating... Black Kite (talk) 18:37, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Natalis soli invicto!

		Natalis soli invicto!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:17, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:10, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2021

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

Administrator changes

Hammersoft

Andres • Brion VIBBER • Rkitko • Thatcher

CheckUser changes

Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek • Primefac

Oversight changes

Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek

Joe Roe

Guideline and policy news

Speedy deletion criterion T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment.

Technical news

You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time.

Arbitration

By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, BDD, Bradv, CaptainEek, L235, Maxim, Primefac.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).

Administrator changes

Hog Farm

Mattflaschen • Nandesuka • Savidan • Wangi

CheckUser changes

Berean Hunter • Xeno

Oversight changes

Someguy1221 • Xeno

Arbitration

The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.

Miscellaneous

Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Baltimore edit.

HI, RickinBaltomore, thanks for commenting on my edit, Id like to point out that I put the biggest independent city. I didn't mean any harm to the other person who wrote independent city, so I did not delete it. Also, I'd like to point out that the Independent City part did not show on Google Home, which is why I added it. Ricardo (talk) 17:56, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No worries! RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:06, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DebateIsland edit

Hi there, I noticed you removed a page named DebateIsland.com for self-promotion. I just wanted to ask why you did that. I think the website is notable, and therefore it does not count as self-promotion. Would you be able to explain this? Note that I am quite new to Wikipedia, so if I have missed something, do let me know. Bruce Lamete (talk) 11:49, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article, as written 4 years ago, was a promotional piece for the site. It did not have any sources and read as an advertisement. I see there is a draft currently being worked on, and I believe that would be the best way to ensure the article could be published, as it can be reviewed and made sure that the article is written from a neutral viewpoint. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:44, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thank you for the information. Is there any way I can see the rejected draft? Bruce Lamete (talk) 09:34, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't a rejected draft, as it was published in the main space and deleted as promotional. There's honestly nothing to take from the deleted article, it was a PR piece on the site, with no sourcing at all. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:03, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).

Administrator changes

TJMSmith

Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

Interface administrator changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect.
A request for comment asks if sysops may place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.

Technical news

When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (phab:T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (phab:T275322).

Arbitration

By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people. Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.

Miscellaneous

Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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I need you to do something again.

Hello. It's me again. This time, I want you to delete my userpage. The reason why is because on my userpage, some things might be misleading about me and I'm also thinking about changing my Wikipedia username to one that describes me more in a much descriptive way. I just want a fresh restart for when I request the username change. Metric Supporter 89 (talk) 04:04, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Got it for you! RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).

Administrator changes

Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news

Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news

When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)

Arbitration

A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:20, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hello! The indefinitely blocked user KIENGIR is back. Norden1990 is reverting the articles contaminated by KIENGIR. On Romanian pages they keep adding the origin, lying the people are of Hungarian ethniciy but for this there is absolutely no proof both parents were Hungarians. I moved this material to their Personal Lives. Norden1990 was part of the Hungarian group together with KIENGIR, editing history with the false lies against the Treaty of Trianon (unrecognised by the Hungarian extremists). Moreover on Romanian articles if there is a Romanian of even a Hungarian parent as descendancy, they (or KIENGIR) contaminted them with articles in Hungarian. We have even the authors written (plus the language), because they want to show he is no Romanian. Basically this type of irrendentism makes the Romanians hate the Hungarians. Sometimes for a Romanian, just because it is also of some Hungarian descendancy, there are 6 Hungarian articles and 1 Romanian. This is how they fight Romania.

On this page, there are many sock puppet accounts of KIENGIR. After I removed the irredentist material, KIENGIR being blocked for that, he comes with Clownbrexworld and reverts. An account from 2020, reactivated. Then Norden1990 coming, because this person KIENGIR forgot something. He has so many users that even forgets their number.

Norden1990 could be also a friend, but Clownbrexworld is 100% his sock puppet. Thehoboclown had also mocked Romania for years, and when somebody opened investigation for him abandoned that user. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2F09:3206:3200:F5DB:D573:CED7:6EC9 (talk) 22:51, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion Wikipedia will never get rid of KIENGIR without the help of the admins. He/they have thousands of articles on Wikipedia but written in the Hungarian IRREDENTIST way. They had edited falsely the history supporting the Treaty of Trianon. Maybe they are hired by the Hungarian Government which supports the re-creation of the empire. A kind of Russian trolls, but Hungarian. 15 years many admins were not as smart as you were. Only now you are beginning to wake up. They contaminated Wikipedia with lies and irredentism. KIENGIR is one of them, but he may be alone. Nobody knows.

Your block of NonhumanAnimalAutonomy

I do not see anything in this user's recent contributions that suggests an indefinite block, much less a removal of talk page access. 🐔 Chicdat ^{Bawk to me!} 10:03, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The continued push to right great wrongs, combative attitude, edit warring and personal attacks immediately after the unblock was grounds for me. Continuing to behave this way after they were blocked on their talk page led to the removal of talk page access. RickinBaltimore (talk) 11:33, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Now I see it. You did the right thing when you blocked, and you did the right thing with the talk page access, too. 🐔 Chicdat ^{Bawk to me!} 10:39, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).

Administrator changes

Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes

Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

Technical news

The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

Arbitration

The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.

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Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:17, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Hello, Rick.

I took a two-month break from Wikipedia due to lack of time and now I come back to see that the notorious troll KIENGIR has been banned.

I'm aware this stuff happened two months ago (or maybe one month, considering he apparently came back with sock accounts), but still, I just wanted to thank you (and all other users who took the initiative); I'm sure his ban is going to make lots of editors' lifes easier. :)

Best regards, Lupishor (talk) 01:00, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Batir1410

I've unblocked this editor since they've withdrawn their legal threat. Please comment at ANI where I have raised a BLP issue. Thanks. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 20:11, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'm perfectly ok with the unblock of course, I'll have a look in a moment. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:13, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).

Administrator changes

Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless

Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news

Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news

Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration

After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

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KIENGIR

Do you know approximately how long a non-emergency global lock request such as this typically takes to be acted on? I assume that this is a low-to-moderate priority because they aren't vandalizing or threatening or any of the other more serious forms of misconduct. Do you think that we will know in a few days, a week, a month? Robert McClenon (talk) 15:36, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

From what I've seen in the past it's relatively quick, usually in a few days to a week. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:24, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Administrator changes

Trialpears

AGK • Eliz81 • Mulad • ThaddeusB • Vianello • Who

Lacrimosus → Ikuzaf

Interface administrator changes

Ragesoss

CheckUser changes

AGK • DGG

Oversighter changes

AGK

Guideline and policy news

Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news

IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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Refund of Draft:Judi Werthein

Hello RIB. Could you refund this? She seems to meet WP:NARTIST. Thanks. --- Possibly ☎ 18:44, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Refunded! RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:47, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that was extremely fast! However it contains nothing of value and can be deleted again if you see fit. Judi Werthein has all that material already. --- Possibly ☎ 19:03, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To quote The Critic: "And nothing of value was lost". Re-deleted. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:41, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for participating in my RFA

I'm very grateful for your support and trust. I'd like permission to ask you admin-related questions as they come up. I have several wikifriends I can call on, and I'd like to add your experience to my resources if possible. As always, please feel invited to call me on my foibles or just call on me if I can be useful. BusterD (talk) 18:48, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, congrats and I'm sorry you were made an admin. :) In all seriousness, welcome to the side of Wikipedia where everyone knows your wrong and won't be afraid to tell you so. Again I'm kidding, if you have questions, feel free to ask. I won't pretend I know everything, but I might have an answer, or where to get one. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A former employer used to say "if you don't know 100%, better to say you don't know." Nice to know where to go for reference. BusterD (talk) 19:23, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

AN: CheatCodes4ever requesting an unblock

Hi RickinBaltimore, there is an unblock request at WP:AN#CheatCodes4ever's unblock request that may be interesting as your username appears in their block log. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 09:03, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

Administrator changes

BusterD

Kees08 • Nickshanks • Protonk • Schissel • Ultraexactzz • Wknight94

CheckUser changes

TheresNoTime

Oversighter changes

TheresNoTime

ST47

Guideline and policy news

An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news

Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)

Arbitration

Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous

You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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Quick Question

How'd you add the status thing to your user page? I'd like to add something like that to mine. Thanks! WikiIsKnowledge (talk) 01:17, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Check out Wikipedia:Editor activity indicator, there's a few templates you can add to your page to show your online status. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:49, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes

Jake Wartenberg

Emperor • Viridian Bovary

Ashleyyoursmile → Viridian Bovary

Guideline and policy news

Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news

The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration

A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous

The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

Administrator changes

Blablubbs

Alvestrand • Black Falcon • Deathphoenix • Dppowell • Mark Arsten • JGHowes (deceased)

Oversighter changes

Callanecc

Mkdw

Interface administrator changes

Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news

DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.

Arbitration

A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous

Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

Administrator changes

Clpo13

Brian0918 • JDoorjam • Karanacs • MrDarcy • Mindspillage

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

CheckUser changes

Dreamy Jazz • Ferret • GeneralNotability • Girth Summit • RoySmith

Oversight changes

Dreamy Jazz • LuK3

Guideline and policy news

Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news

Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

Arbitration

GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners.
Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

Miscellaneous

The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021).

Administrator changes

A Train • Berean Hunter • Epbr123 • GermanJoe • Sanchom • Mysid

Technical news

Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. (T284642)
The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. (T293866)

Arbitration

Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).
The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there. I'm a new user. Your userboxes mention the adoption program -- are you still assisiting new users? Thanks, GreenBeret1439 (talk) 22:32, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled

A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

BLP Violation request

Hi! You recently changed the visibility of an edit to my talk page due to the edit being a violation of BLP. I thank you for doing so. However, I reverted another editor removing that edit as I had asked this editor not to edit my talk page. I was wondering if you could remove the visibility of my revert as well so that the disturbing message is not visible that way either. I'm not sure if I make any sense, if not the revision history might be of use. Cheers. Santacruz ⁂ Please ping me! 17:33, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Think I got it taken care of. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:37, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Much appreciated. Santacruz ⁂ Please ping me! 17:51, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock request

Where would I file such a thing? Thank you. --Wikipedia Wonderful 698-D (talk) 18:38, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you're blocked, you request this on your talkpage. However I do not see any block on your account? RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:59, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Username discussion at WP:AN

This should clarify. That's the original UAA report I created. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:44, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I wish I never asked, thanks for letting me know though, in case I see it again. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:53, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I was unsure about posting this here, but I figured the diff on your talk page would be better than just repeating it, and at least you'd be able to recognize it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:56, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate it! RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:47, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merchandise giveaway nomination

A token of thanks

Hi RickinBaltimore! I've nominated you (along with all other active admins) to receive a solstice season gift from the WMF. Talk page stalkers are invited to comment at the nomination. Enjoy! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk ~~~~~

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

Administrator changes

Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103

Interface administrator changes

Mr. Stradivarius

CheckUser changes

Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes

Opabinia regalis

Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Oversighter changes

Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes

Opabinia regalis

Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Guideline and policy news

Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.

Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration

Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Cabayi, Donald Albury, Enterprisey, Izno, Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned, Wugapodes.

Miscellaneous

The functionaries email list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

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How we will see unregistered users

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Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

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18:13, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Shandor Newman

No appeal I see. So I’m guessing troll or sock, or I guess possibly both. Doug Weller talk 20:23, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty much what I thought. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:23, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

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

Administrator changes

AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh

28bytes

Bureaucrat changes

28bytes

Interface administrator changes

Evad37 • Galobtter

Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news

The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration

Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).
A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

Miscellaneous

Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Epic Comments

Good lord knows I’ve seen epic comments, but this year, it’s definitely this for me. Lmao Celestina007 (talk) 21:27, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When I have finally run out of good faith, look out! RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:55, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of St. Vincent Pallotti School

I have added the official website of the school as a reference. Ashish1401 (talk) 13:04, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's not considered a reliable source as it's a primary source. Also, and more importantly, the school does not meet our notability guidelines. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:04, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edited the website and and added some new sources. Please check and confirm. Ashish1401 (talk) 16:29, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

None of the sources show how the school is notable, outside of it existing. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:35, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

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

Administrator changes

Modussiccandi

BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversighter changes

Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

Technical news

The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project. (T296645)
Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020)
The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389)

Arbitration

Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

Miscellaneous

The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.
The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:46, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]