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Administrators' newsletter – August 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018).

Administrator changes

added Sro23
readded KaisaL • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

  • After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
  • Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news

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The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018

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Orphaned non-free image File:Threshold 19 (CNCTW).JPG

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:54, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz
renamed Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

added Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news

  • Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
  • Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
  • Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

Note

Just a courtesy message that there is currently a mismatch between the article title, lede and infobox because of GeelJire's logged-off WP:HISTMERGE (diff, diff). Thylacoop5 (talk) 12:04, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Tutul Hossain Badsha

Just note that this article pass WP:NFOOTY, so I remove G4 and you are free to nominate 2nd AfD if necessary Hhkohh (talk) 02:22, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Better source request for File:B-2 Spirit Night reloaded.JPG

Thanks for your upload to Wikipedia:

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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source in a complete manner. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page or me at my talk page. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 10:34, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Updated and marked for Commons Transfer.ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:51, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

École supérieure de journalisme de Paris, etc.

Curious, instead of semiprotecting, why not leave this and other pages unprotected, and then block spamming IPs after the first edit? I understand your point about forcing them to create accounts that can easily be blocked. But on the other hand, if we leave it open to edit (as a honeypot), they might edit it and be caught more easily than if they go editing pages that are tangentially related and don't get noticed. Nyttend (talk) 00:49, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Good point; thank you for explaining. I'd imagined treating this only as a bunch of spammers, not treating it as a potential sockpuppetry situation, and that sounds more useful than my idea. Nyttend (talk) 10:56, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
@Obsidi:

Deletion of Backdrop CMS

Looks like I missed the chance to contest the deletion of the Backdrop CMS page. And I see no way of doing so now so I'd like to bring up a couple things.

First, would you be able to provide me with a copy of the deleted content?

Second, I believe that instead of a deletion, it would have been better to request more references from third party sources. There are a lot of equally small CMS projects that have their own page on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems#PHP) so it seems as if Backdrop CMS was treated differently from them. If it's a matter of not having enough third party sources this can be done. Since Backdrop is *not* a project of Drupal, any Backdrop-specific information about how it's built, etc, would be out of place on the Drupal page.

Would it be acceptable to you if a new page was created but that we worked on getting more references on the importance of the page?

Nubeli (talk) 18:46, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

I'm new to this. Hopefully, I'm contributing in the proper way. Significant work has been put into fixing the page to better meet standards of notability. Can you restore the page or at this point should we simply create a new page?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nubeli/Backdrop_CMS

Stpaultim (talk) 03:18, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, your detailed list of items are very helpful.

65.124.137.242 (talk) 18:38, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Have your say!

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Alakazam

I lean toward an illusionist mindset ... You don't say? GMGtalk 20:43, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

illusionist mindset

I rather like the term " illusionist mindset" Theroadislong (talk) 20:50, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Congratulations to our new co-ordinator emeritus!

A well-deserved accolade. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:06, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

 The Coordinator Emeritus stars 
Absolutely, well done Tom! On behalf of WikiProject Military history, I present you with these Coordinator Emeritus stars as a mark of the esteem in which you are held by members of the project. We know you'll still be around the place, offering advice and suggestions. Sincerely, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:18, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 October 2018

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Thankyou for raising the issue of Somalia/Horn general sanctions

One would very much hope that we'll get these adopted as general sanctions second or third time.. Buckshot06 (talk) 14:53, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018).

Administrator changes

added Justlettersandnumbers • L235
removed Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter

Interface administrator changes

added Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333

Oversight changes

removed Guerillero • NativeForeigner • Snowolf • Xeno

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
  • Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
  • The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
  • Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
  • Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.
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Interview request

Hi Tom, To mark the 150th anniversary of The Bugle, Ian and I are running an interview with some of the editors who've been involved in it for a lengthy period. If you have time, we'd appreciate it if you could join in at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2018/Interview. We're planning on sending the next issue out in about 24 hours (Sunday night, Australian time), so I'd be grateful if you could post any responses within that time - sorry for not inviting you earlier. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 05:15, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Tom Nick-D (talk) 07:18, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018

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Page protection on City Rail Link

Thanks for dealing with this. As the article now has admin-only temporary page protection is it possible for you to undo an edit from the disruptive user? [1]. Ajf773 (talk) 18:59, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Restoring Amon Akilbaev

Hello! I would like to ask to please restore the deleted page, Amon Akilbaev. I want to assure you that there was no copyright violation, the sources cited on external pages were written with the help of the artist himself about his work and biography. The author is also in fact my father and we can use this as a written statement confirming the validity of the information provided, and that there is absolutely no copyright violation here. Could you please undelete the page for us? I would highly appreciate it, and I would love for my father's biographical information to remain on wikipedia. Thanks so much!

Leave evil, it will leave you 16:30, 20 October 2018 (UTC)Davron — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davron (talk • contribs)

The Signpost: 28 October 2018

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
  • A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
  • The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration

  • Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
  • The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-en@wikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.
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Wentworth by-election, 2018

Hi, there's been a mistake at this article prior to you locking it with full protection. It was locked while the figures in the infobox were removed, which is how the person making reversions well exceeding 3RR was doing. Not sure who to ask but the stable version would be with the figures retained. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Onetwothreeip (talk) 21:39, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Tom, I'd like to present you with this barnstar as a token of Ian and my appreciation of your huge contributions to The Bugle. Your huge series of op-eds and timelines have been the perfect way of marking the centenary of World War I. Nick-D (talk) 08:58, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018

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ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, TomStar81. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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File:Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon edit.jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been nominated for replacement with a higher resolution scan. Your comments are appreciated at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/The Coronation of Napoleon. MER-C 03:37, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 December 2018

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Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

readded Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz
removed Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike

Interface administrator changes

removedDeryck Chan

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
  • A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
  • A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
  • A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
  • Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries

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Discussion at Talk:Passengers of the RMS Titanic

I'd like to invite editors who participated in the deletion discussion to give their input at article talk. There was considerable interest in cleaning up this article in one way or another, but there have been few responses to my proposal to trim the passenger lists. Alternative proposals are certainly welcome as well; I'm hoping that we can build some sort of consensus for the scope and direction of the article moving forward. Thanks –dlthewave ☎ 21:55, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018

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Thank you

I really appreciate the nomination; it was very thoughtful of you. Unfortunately, I have to decline: [2]. It would not be right for me to be part of the process after I expressed disagreement with the name of the award and stated that I would not vote for anyone. --K.e.coffman (talk) 21:29, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Question

Just curious about this... why not just lock the page? - wolf 23:42, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks foe the reply. For future reference, I prefer discussions stay on the same page. While I was curious, I'm sure you're right and there won't be any further disruption. Cheers - wolf 08:02, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:17, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

ELBURDEN

Thanks for jumping in to help. I'd have preferred editors simply follow ELBURDEN and work to get consensus for inclusion. Your comment added to the article [3] ignores ELBURDEN outright, without mentioning it. If think an exception is appropriate (which I don't think is a problem), it would be in good form to at least acknowledge that's what is happening. --Ronz (talk) 05:55, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy "whatever floats your boat"!

G'day Tom, I'm not usually into this Xmas wishes stuff, but I really wanted to say thanks for all your work on The Bugle this year with your WWI timeline and op-eds. They have been a really important part of the project over the last four years. Thanks so much, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:05, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 December 2018

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Super Xmas

Wishing you a
"Feliz Navidad and a Prospero Año Nuevo"
(Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year)
Tony the Marine (talk)
External audio
audio icon Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad "

Xmas

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:16, 25 December 2018 (UTC)


2018 Military Historian of the Year

2018 Military Historian of the Year
As voted by your peers within the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the WikiProject Barnstar for being nominated for the 2018 Military Historian of the Year Award. Congratulations, and thank you for your efforts in 2018. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:22, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to and your loved ones. Congratulations on your barnstar above. You deserve it. I ended the year with all of my family in my house, however I went to my room and wrote a short article aabout a historical cemetery which I ran into while investigating an old ghost town: Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery. Tony the Marine (talk) 07:31, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

G4 deletion of Sumethee Khokpho

Hi. Please re-consider the G4 deletion of Sumethee Khokpho, since the AfD was almost a year and a half ago and more recent coverage exists. At worst, I think this should receive a second AfD. Thanks. --Paul_012 (talk) 11:19, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)I reviewed the version deleted Monday, and I agree with you that there is better sourcing and deserves a second discussion. I'm going to restore it to User:Paul 012\Sumethee Khokpho as I don't want to overrule Tom without his seeing this. I'm not sure that this would 100% pass AfD, but it's worth a broader discussion. StarM 02:39, 3 January 2019 (UTC) Never mind, I see Tom's response. However I also see additional sourcing so left it userfied. Tom, going to work on it right now. If not, I'll re delee. Sorry StarM 02:43, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
oops I need to learn to have more coffee before I look at sources. Re-deleted, lots of mirrors StarM 02:50, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Guideline and policy news

  1. G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
  2. R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
  3. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.

Technical news

  • Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:
  1. At least 8 characters in length
  2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
  3. Different from their username
User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.
  • Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
  • {{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
  • Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
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My thank you letter

 The Spirit of Christmas Award 
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award. The reasons for its bestowal shall be left as an exercise for the class. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:13, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019

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Cannon vs. Cannons on the USS Constitution

Hi Tom, I made that very minor change because cannon is both singular and plural. In modern usage, cannons is also correct, but as this page indicates https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4568/cannon-as-plural "cannon" as a plural is still (slightly) more common. At the time the USS Constitution was an active warship, "cannon" as a plural (particularly when referring to naval artillery) was standard. It is not too big a deal I suppose, but most naval histories I have read dealing with the age of sail use "cannon" as a plural. I am a teacher with interests in naval history and etymology and this little edit managed to coincide with both. Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hist ed (talk • contribs) 06:34, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Was this an error, or am I missing something?

PaulGosar (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

04:24, 21 January 2019 (UTC): Made his last edit in the area of pseudoscience

11:01, 21 January 2019 (UTC): Received his topic ban notice

18:31, 21 January 2019 (UTC): Removed his topic ban notice

20:43, 21 January 2019 (UTC): Blocked

Where was the violation? --Guy Macon (talk) 21:38, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

@Guy Macon: Actually, the topic ban and the block (for disruptive editing) were supposed to be issued at the same time, but my computer is set for auto-updating and after five days away from it this morning it threw me off unexpectedly so as to reboot in order for my anti-virus program to finish up a program build update. Apparently, the block didn't take before the reboot, so I re-issued it when I got back from running errands this morning. The idea was (I shouldn't say is, that makes it sound current) to address both the persistent disruptive editing shown in the ANI thread and the topic ban by blocking for the persistent disruptive editing while the topic ban went into force. I noticed I missed a step here after the account edited, so I went back to block, but after one long phone discussion with text messages I had some time to rethink this and swung back to it being too far apart to justify a block at this point for disruptive editing. I was about to lift it (assuming it hasn't been lifted already), given the ANI thread's evidence my guess is that it won't be too long before some one else finds just cause to re-block anyway. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:01, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Ah. I understand. Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 22:26, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Since the block was rescinded, would it make sense to revert or rephrase [4]? VQuakr (talk) 01:29, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2019

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

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
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  • A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

  • A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous

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The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019

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You're a Ray of Sunshine

Ray of Sunshine Award for being the kind of person who brightens the day and "lightens the load" of fellow Wikipedians. - 47thPennVols (talk) 22:26, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
@TomStar81: Sending along a very belated, but sincerely heartfelt thank you for your 2018 Year in Review of my work for the Milhist project. Any one of the barnstars you awarded to me (The Wiki Chevrons, the Epic Barnstar, the Biography Barnstar, the American Civil War Barnstar) would have been a morale boost, but the collective effect? Well, I'm sad to say that, as a writer, I can't find an appropriate enough adjective to describe to you how much your support meant that day, and continues to mean. (Perhaps, when some other, more talented writer comes along and finds a away to merge "gobsmacked," "touched," and "inspired" into a grander adjective, I'll be able to update this post with the perfect word, but for now, know that your kindness was felt and very much appreciated.) I don't know if you know, but I had to take a break from Wikipedia for a bit due to a rather nasty fall that I had in early November (after coming "within a cat's whisker" of being struck by a car). So, I wasn't doing much writing at the time of your posting, but I did see it, and have to say that it was some of the best medicine that I was receiving at the time.

As a small thanks in response to your marvelous morale boost, I'm giving you the "Ray of Sunshine Award" for brightening my corner of the world. Kind Regards and many, many thanks. 47thPennVols (talk) 22:26, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

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  • A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
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    • checkuser-en-wp@wikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous

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The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019

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Regarding deletion of article on Sanjana Sanghi

Hi,

It seems you just deleted this article that I created. This article was about a upcoming actress, I had quickly created the page and wanted to add more details soon. Before you deleted this article I also got a warning from another person stating to add citations and he has put up a notice on the page that it's marked for deletion. I have added a contest for that and also replied to this person that give me a few days to add more content and refs to the article.

Now in between out of nowhere you have just deleted the article. This was the first article I created and this is what I get? Having been part of the MediaWiki community for years I don't wander anymore why the number of new contributors doesn't rise up. Please make things more flexible, I am a human, I need time to make things right. Instead of deleting this article you could have put a warning or suggestion on my page and given me some time to make the changes.

Looking forward to hear your reasoning. Thanks - Nischayn22 Nischayn22 (talk) 19:07, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2019

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Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
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The Bugle: Issue CLVI, April 2019

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ArbCom 2019 special circular

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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 03:02, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2019

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

  • In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
  • Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous

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The Bugle: Issue CLVII, May 2019

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Celia Fisher article

Hi! Earlier today, I noticed an IP editor was copy/pasting a bunch of unsourced material to the article, so I placed an edit tag on it and started cranking away at re-writing the entire thing (it was definitely written by the subject or a staff member). It took me about an hour to rework the article (mostly looking up third party sources), and removing a bunch of unsourced material for things I couldn't find. When I went to save it, I got an HTTP error. Working my way around to the front of the page, I realized that about five minutes before I hit publish, a copyright notice had overridden my edit tag and that is what had caused me not to be able to save the changes. I raised the issue on the admin incident board, hoping to avoid having to redo all my work here: [[5]]. I followed the work around advice and was able to post my edits without too much additional work, and asked that my version be checked over for any copyright issues. I just saw in my watchlist that the entire article has been taken down. I suspect it's the result of the earlier flagged edits made by the IP address today. Is there a way to run the copyright check on my most recent revision: [[6]]? It's considerably different than the copy/paste job that someone had posted before. If not, would it be appropriate for me to cut and paste it to the new temporary page to have it scanned?
Thank you for your help! Orville1974 (talk) 02:15, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi again. Thank you for the guidance. I just wanted to keep you in the loop; today, the same copy/paste happened, but this time to the article's talk page by Lmerone rather than an anonymous IP address. I reverted it, then messaged the user on their talk page. Hopefully, they follow the advice on making appropriate edits to just the talk page going forward. Orville1974 (talk) 18:53, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2019

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

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

removed Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
  • An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
  • An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news

  • The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
  • Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous

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The Bugle: Issue CLVIII, June 2019

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2019

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

Administrator changes

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1Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
2Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Guideline and policy news

  • In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.

Technical news

  • The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous

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The Bugle: Issue CLIX, July 2019

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

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Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
  • The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.

    Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

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Backlog Banzai

In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:39, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2019

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

Administrator changes

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readded Floquenbeam • Lectonar
removed DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes

removed Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

removed Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Technical news

  • Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
  • The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark

G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:37, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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Biting the newcomers - i.e. Snow King Mountain

If you haven't had the pleasure - speedy deletions burn. They take the entire collaboration and consensus model of Wikipedia and throw it in the dumpster, and then lock the lid. I presently have about 20 tabs open on my screen for this article and I've spent the last week reading through this seemingly endless history. These are some of the best historical sources I've come across for a subject Snow King Mountain, and enough that I've considered writing a book about it. I stumbled on the article and found a godawful promotional mess copy pasted straight from the resorts pages on "activities" etc. I went through claims line-by-line and deleted, while trying to keep something meaningful where I could. I saved the history section for last because this required the most amount of research to evaluate and rewrite. My work on the article, though significant, begins mere days ago. The problematic content on this article has sat on the page for around five years. The CSD tags which were applied to this article apply to specific edits, but instead of taking the time to consider that, the entire last five years of edits were deleted and and hidden (and the page was functionally blanked), punishing me in the process and throwing days of my life in the garbage. Like so many others, this may be the turning point for me where I decide that Wikipedia is captive to it's 1,000 admin and I'm delusional to believe that outsiders could ever meaningfully participate without devoting valuable time every day to political and structural games and alliances. (anecdotally: someone is nominated to admin right now who has a decade of history and over 10,000 edits and yet has only tried to navigate the perils of page creation a handful of times.) Like many others they arrive at their high tower of edits by using bots and gaming technical edits to accomplish as many as 400 edits a day while adding little to Wikipedia but IMDB copy-paste. Should I just delete my account? WP:DONTDEMOLISH WP:DONTBITE Luke Kindred (talk) 16:12, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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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Congratulations from the Military History Project

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The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019

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R.K. Laros page

Hi, I’m wondering if the decision to remove the page on R.K. Laros can be reconsidered. It is not a case of copyright infringement that I can see. The page was original research and writing. Jberk (talk) 11:54, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

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Tied sock to non-existent account (minor typo)

Hey, Just letting you know that the editor attached to User:Sam Rays is User:Rayshree and not User:RayShree, which is technically non-existent (I don't really get why usernames are so cap-sensitive, personally). Sorry if I'm coming off as a well actually type, its not intended. Best, GPL93 (talk) 22:14, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Jeff Rosenthal

Thank you re Jeff Rosenthal (businessman).

You may also wish to salt Jeff Rosenthal (entrepreneur). The prior articles have been created/moved via this location as seen in the page histories. Cheers, UW Dawgs (talk) 22:59, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Lera Loeb less than 4 hours after notice.

I noticed you tagged the article of Lera Loeb for speedy deletion and then deleted it less than four hours ofter nominating it. This article has been in existence for years and the topic passed WP:NOTABILITY and WP:GNG as it had significant coverage from reliable sources. Please restore this article, and if you feel it doesn't pass our notability standards then nominate it for AfD. Oakshade (talk) 05:39, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Deletion review for Lera Loeb

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Lera Loeb. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.Oakshade (talk) 02:29, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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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ANI

I thought you might be interested in this ANI regarding this editor since you had initially closed the first topic ban discussion for Sk8erPrince. Lightburst (talk) 00:22, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Oleksandr Kardakov

Dear TomStar81, please read Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion#Oleksandr Kardakov.

Could you please restore the article in my private space? It will be much easier for me to change style of the article to encyclopedic, than start writing it from scratch. --Perohanych (talk) 19:27, 7 November 2019 (UTC)


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