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Administrators' newsletter – October 2019

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

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

Technical news

  • As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.
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Same problem again

Hello, Spencer. The editor whose IP address you blocked recently (Special:Contributions/2409:4052:989:E058:0:0:20E3:30B1) is now active again, this time with an account (User:U + 1F4AD). The pattern of editing is quite obvious, with additional "borrowing" of some stuff from my user page. --Sundostund (talk) 15:17, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest

US Banknote Contest
November-December 2019

There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons.

In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate.

If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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Happy Halloween!

Hello Spencer:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2019

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

Guideline and policy news

  • A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration

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Precious

Filipinos in ...

Thank you for quality articles such as Timothy Villagomez and Filipinos in Norway and many other countries, for admin services, including In the news, for providing news such as Foreign relations of Guinea, - repeating (14 April 2009): you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2305 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:51, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2019

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

Administrator changes

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readded Beeblebrox
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Interface administrator changes

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Arbitration

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:48, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Block evasion by WP:LTA

Thanks for the block [1], but this looks like 184.146.207.178 (talk · contribs). Perhaps a longer block is merited. JNW (talk) 05:08, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Seems like some IP hopping is also going on. Not sure if a block longer than 1mo would help, given that this IP has only been editing since the end of November; planning to just wait for now. I'll keep an eye on it and adjust settings if disruption resumes. Feel free to ping me as well at that point. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, SpencerT•C 16:47, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Vandalism by blocked account

IP editor 67.71.159.98 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) is reinserting the same old versions of pages as 74.12.120.154 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) who you blocked (and is apparently a global LTA [2]). I also reported the new IP to WP:AIV. – wallyfromdilbert (talk) 05:10, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

IP is now blocked but I also semi-protected the page for 2 weeks. Hopefully this helps. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. SpencerT•C 15:30, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
I have a feeling the new IP will be back after their 31 hour block, since they have been checking their talk page on the other IP almost daily for the past month. I'll keep an eye out and let you know. Thanks for your help. – wallyfromdilbert (talk) 17:53, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

23.140.192.102

Hi. I want to let you know that I believe I made a mistake in concluding that user:23.140.192.102 is the same as User:Ukuhohstinky. I realized that phrase is a fairly common one and does not suggest any connection whatsoever. My apologies for everything. CLCStudent (talk) 22:12, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. This was continued school block abuse after previous blocks, so I have reblocked for an adjusted period of time with different rationale. SpencerT•C 22:21, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Hello Spencer: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DBigXrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 15:13, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

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Season's Greetings

Hello Spencer: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 08:37, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, Spencer!

Happy New Year!

Spencer,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

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

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ITN recognition for 2020 Taiwanese presidential election

On 12 January 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2020 Taiwanese presidential election, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:46, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

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[New section]

Why did you take down my page when I added names and connections to my credentials? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeeLee Da Goddess (talk • contribs) 20:45, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Deleting a user page

If I added information about myself in my userpage why you deleted it?

I think userpage are about the user. so what I am, i have written there. Anzer Ayoob (talk) 03:53, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 07:49, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

xwiki note

commons:User talk:Spencer#Notifying users when speedy-tagging their uploads. DMacks (talk) 06:59, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

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