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

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
• A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.

Arbitration

• Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.

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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DBigXrayᗙ 05:35, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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15:21, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Hii, As per my grand parents, this tradition exists in Hinduism for some regions of India but since there was no source i think deletion is valid. -- CptViraj (📧) 13:47, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Sam, I created a page 6 weeks ago. It was rejected a number of times, but was since updated a bunch of times, most recently by a senior editor and is now good to go. It's just awaiting someone to review it. I'm now trying to find someone who can review it and found you in the active admin list. I also love video games and science. There really needs to be more video games about science. Possibly Castle Wolfenstein meets Immune Attack. Anyhow, if you're interested it's Draft:Lightricks. Thank you. MaskedSinger (talk) 04:19, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MaskedSinger: The article looks good overall - I've approved it. Sam Walton (talk) 08:13, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Samwalton9: Wow! Thank you. I'm truly indebted to you. Thank you so much!! MaskedSinger (talk) 15:22, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Samwalton9: If you're interested, I just created another one. MaskedSinger (talk) 18:20, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MaskedSinger: Looking good, albeit on the shorter side! I gave it a quick copyedit to fix a couple of things I saw. Sam Walton (talk) 18:56, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Samwalton9: As always, thank you! MaskedSinger (talk) 04:04, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Samwalton9: You inspired me to go again :) MaskedSinger (talk) 16:58, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Samwalton9: Could you please take a look at Zeev Farbman? thank you. MaskedSinger (talk) 05:19, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Samwalton9: Hope all is well with you. Not sure if you saw this. MaskedSinger (talk) 18:06, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sam, I am informed you can help with a problem beyond me! Source is article on John Brew AM RFD. I insert Category:People educated at North Sydney Boys High School but entry comes up under J and not B. This is only one out of 92 where this happens. I have no idea how to fix this. Can you tell me please?

	The Special Barnstar
	When I couldn't find anyone else to help. You did so - gracefully and generously. You are a paradigm of being a great person and a wonderful editor. MaskedSinger (talk) 15:24, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MaskedSinger: Thank you, for the barnstar and your kind comments. The article you wrote looks great - thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia! Sam Walton (talk) 20:24, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 — Amakuru (talk) 17:39, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

09:07, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes

Bradv • Chetsford • Izno

Floquenbeam • Lectonar

DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes

Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

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

• A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Miscellaneous

• A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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16:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Would you kindly undelete this page? I am not sure if this qualifies as a G6 speedy. -- Dolotta (talk) 18:04, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Dolotta: Could you clarify why you think this page should be undeleted? The page history only consists of someone adding a welcome template to a user talk page for a vanished user. It serves no purpose except to draw attention to this account, against the spirit of our vanishing process. Sam Walton (talk) 19:15, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Since I am not an admin and I don't have an outstanding memory, I do not know what was on the deleted page. If that is all it was, I 100% definitely agree with you. -- Dolotta (talk) 15:00, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, Samwalton9, and welcome to Women in Red. It's good to have such an experienced editor as a member of our project, especially as over the years you have created quite a number of interesting biographies of women. Good too, to see you've signed up as a participant of our stub contest. We look forward to many new or enhanced articles. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 10:22, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Ipigott: Thanks for the welcome! I went to sign up for the stub contest and actually assumed I was already a member of WiR. Was surprised to find out I hadn't signed up yet! Sam Walton (talk) 10:24, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Are you still attempting to work on Proteus for FA?Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 00:43, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Blue Pumpkin Pie: Yes - apologies for not responding to your latest comments yet. Planning to do so today. Sam Walton (talk) 12:01, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Blue Pumpkin Pie: Hoping you'll have a chance to take a look at the FAC again. Let me know if you think further changes are necessary. Sam Walton (talk) 11:05, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I was reading into the article and verifying the sources. Sorry it took a bit of time. recently my internet went out and have been going to alternate places. Just out of curiosity, are any of the notes in the artifact edition made public?Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 14:53, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Blue Pumpkin Pie: No problem! I noticed you weren't active for a little while. Not that I can see. There's a poorly filmed YouTube unboxing video I just clicked through that doesn't seem to imply there's much that would be useful inside. Sam Walton (talk) 14:58, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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

• The 2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
• The arbitration case regarding Fram was closed. While there will be a local RfC focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.

Miscellaneous

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

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18:49, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

I noticed that you tagged Sofie Cappelen with {{prod blp}} for proposed deletion. I have removed the tag from the article because it does not meet the criteria specified. The placement requirements are (a) that subject is living, and (b) that the article contains no sources in any form (as references, external links, etc., reliable or otherwise) supporting any statements made about the person in the biography. Please fully read Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people before tagging articles for proposed deletion. Thank you. Adam9007 (talk) 22:57, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

15:36, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello. The material added to the article is a hoax used for scamming people (see what I added to that section on ANI), regularly added to this article on WP since May 2009 (see Special:Contributions/Hartforth, which was the first account adding it), to make the fake claim more believable. Cheers, - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 21:49, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's uhh, persistent. Thanks for the info! Sam Walton (talk) 21:56, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.

• The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).

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

Arbitration

• Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

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16:48, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

@Casliber: Thanks! Glad to have finally got it there. Sam Walton (talk) 23:25, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

....aaaand you can feel a warm inner glow when it's mainpaged...hehehe Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:27, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

22:03, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Proteus (video game). « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:06, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonzo fan2007: Thanks! I'd forgotten the Four Award existed until I saw the nomination. Pleased to have carried it all the way through - it's one of the first articles I created :) Sam Walton (talk) 15:45, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Awesome job on an article 6 years in the making! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:17, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sam, Do you understand how Google stores Wikipedia's data? At the moment on Google if you search Deborah Frances-White there is a section under the Search Result link for the wiki page that looks like the Wiki infobox but it contains different information to the page. It should have Podcast there in the list of Mediums and also she would like her birthday to remain private, so it's not on the Wiki page anymore but still in the result. It's not just the cache because when the leading paragraph has changed it has updated properly, and it's also been a number of days. I've tried the Remove Outdated Content tool but been denied. Can you help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Friendofcomedians (talk • contribs) 16:13, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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20:17, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello! Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed 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. If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:15, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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

Administrator changes

EvergreenFir • ToBeFree

Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes

Beeblebrox

Deskana

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
• Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.

Technical news

• Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous

• The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive.

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00:18, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

	Merry Christmas Samwalton9
	Hi Samwalton9, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous New Year, Thanks for all your contributions to the 'pedia this past year,    –Davey2010talk 00:56, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas, Samwalton9! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. And for all the help you've thrown my way over the years. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 11:12, 20 December 2019 (UTC) [reply]

20:07, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

January 2020, Volume 6, Issue 1, Numbers 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153 Happy Holidays from all of us at Women in Red, and thank you for your support in 2019. We look forward to working with you in 2020! Online events: New: Activists / Public domain / Geofocus: Central America / Year-long campaign: Sports! Continuing: 2019 deaths / #1day1woman Editor feedback: Help us plan our future events at the Ideas Cafe Join the conversations on our talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Mikey Neumann you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of David Fuchs -- David Fuchs (talk) 16:41, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Sam, belated Happy First Edit Day! It was my First Edit Day as well :) I was just going through this page of the Birthday Committee and realised that you made your first edit on Dec 29 as well. KCVelaga (talk) 14:28, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Samwalton9: Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 06:52, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year elves}} to send this message

The article Mikey Neumann you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mikey Neumann for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of David Fuchs -- David Fuchs (talk) 13:02, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks David Fuchs! Sam Walton (talk) 15:44, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
• A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
• Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

• This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!

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19:42, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

18:53, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

February 2020, Volume 6, Issue 2, Numbers 150, 151, 152, 154, 155 Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at Women in Red. Online events: New: Explorers / Black Women / Horror / Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Editor feedback: Schedule planning at the Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversations on our talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

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On behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:10, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

• Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
• When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [58]

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!

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16:17, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

March 2020, Volume 6, Issue 3, Numbers 150, 151, 156, 157, 158, 159 Happy Women's History Month from all of us at Women in Red. Online events: New: Art+Activists & Folklore / Aviation / Great Britain & Ireland Photo and image initiative: #VisibleWikiWomen photo initiative Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Editor feedback: Schedule planning at the Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversations on our talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

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21:00, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
• The 2020 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Ajraddatz and Uzoma Ozurumba; they will serve for one year.

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21:15, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

April 2020, Volume 6, Issue 4, Numbers 150, 151, 159, 160, 161, 162 April offerings at Women in Red. Online events: New: Gender studies / Dance / Geofocus: Caucasus Photo and image campaign: #VisibleWikiWomen Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Editor feedback: Schedule planning at the Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversations on our talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

• There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback.

Arbitration

• Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold a Arbcom RfC regarding on-wiki harassment. A draft RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft) and not open to comments from the community yet. Interested editors can comment on the RfC itself on its talk page.

Miscellaneous

• The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.

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18:45, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Samwalton9 , A lot of thanks for planning the previous campaign 1lib1ref on January. Are you intented to reiterate this experience for the next campaign planned on May - June 2020? Thanks in advance for you answer, Madehub (talk) 17:52, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Madehub: The May campaign is going ahead, yes! I'm not closely involved in running the campaign now, however. You can check out the Meta page for more info :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 09:59, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Samwalton9 Great news. Don't you mind if I add you as an organisator with me ? It will encourage me in my first step.Madehub (talk) 10:34, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Madehub: I'm not involved in running the campaign at the moment. You'd be better off contacting Felix Nartey :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:38, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2020, Volume 6, Issue 5, Numbers 150, 151, 163, 164, 165, 166 May offerings at Women in Red. Online events: New: Healthcare / Women and their animals / Marys and Mays/ Geofocus Central & Eastern Europe Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Help us plan future events: Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversation: Women in Red talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

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

Administrator changes

Gnangarra • Kaisershatner • Malcolmxl5

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversight changes

HJ Mitchell

Guideline and policy news

• Discretionary sanctions have been authorized for all pages and edits related to COVID-19, to be logged at WP:GS/COVID19.
• Following a recent discussion on Meta-Wiki, the edit filter maintainer global group has been created.
• A request for comment has been proposed to create a new main page editor usergroup.
• A request for comment has been proposed to make the bureaucrat activity requirements more strict.

Technical news

• The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. You can review the proposed design and share your thoughts on the talk page.
• Enterprisey created a script that will show a link to the proper Special:Undelete page when viewing a since-deleted revision, see User:Enterprisey/link-deleted-revs.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment closed with consensus to create a Village Pump-style page for communication with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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16:59, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of Honest Trailers episodes is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Honest Trailers episodes (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Reywas92^Talk 02:29, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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14:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Women in Red June 2020, Volume 6, Issue 6, Numbers 150, 151, 167, 168, 169 Online events: New: Pride / United Nations / Geofocus on reducing gender imbalance Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Help us plan future events: Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversation: Women in Red talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

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

Administrator changes

CaptainEek • Creffett • Cwmhiraeth

Anna Frodesiak • Buckshot06 • Ronhjones • SQL

CheckUser changes

SQL

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment asks whether the Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS) should allowed any unblock request or just private appeals.
• The Wikimedia Foundation announced that they will develop a universal code of conduct for all WMF projects. There is an open local discussion regarding the same.

Arbitration

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

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

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is in progress to remove the T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) speedy deletion criterion.

Technical news

• Protection templates on mainspace pages are now automatically added by User:MusikBot II (BRFA).

Arbitration

• Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold an RfC regarding on-wiki harassment. The RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC and is open to comments from the community.
• The Medicine case was closed, with a remedy authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles.

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

Administrator changes

Red Phoenix

Euryalus • SQL

Jujutacular • Monty845 • Rettetast • Madchester

Oversight changes

GB fan

Keegan • Opabinia regalis • Premeditated Chaos

Guideline and policy news

• There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
• Speedy deletion criterion T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment.
• Speedy deletion criterion X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion.
• There is a proposal to restrict proposed deletion to confirmed users.

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