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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

Arbitration

• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
• The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Hi Jauerback. I was trying my hand at anti-vandalism work the other day, and per ORGNAME, I warned User:MPowered Mortgages so that they could have "the opportunity to create a new account or have their current username changed." I also didn't interpret the page they were working on in their sandbox as G11 material because I thought it was a draft that they might eventually submit via AfC, as editors with COIs are entitled to do.

Should I not have given them a chance to change their username and immediately reported the account to UAA? Should I have G11'd their sandbox page? Thanks, voorts (talk/contributions) 21:55, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Nope, you did nothing wrong. It's a judgement call, and in this instance, my call of it may have been incorrect. I can reblock them with a softblock which gives them the opportunity to either request a rename to their current account or create a new one. I didn't delete their sandbox, but I can certainly see why it was deleted. However, I can also see your point that could potentially turn into an article. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 22:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Should I let the editor know they can request a refund of their draft? voorts (talk/contributions) 23:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Sure, that's fine. There's no guarantee, though. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 04:46, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

BangJan1999 18:33, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 13:31, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
• Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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	The Admin's Barnstar
	For your hard work. Ap2803002 (talk) 21:15, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 21:19, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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A few months ago I introduced User:Kuningi to Wikipedia through the SWiP project. ^[1] The user is a native speaker of the Setswana language, and they were editing in Setswana language Wiki, I was suprised to see that you blocked the user without giving them a warning or notification as per the blocking policy.Can we work together to unblock this user? Bobbyshabangu _talk 15:54, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Check out their filter log entries. They have seven edits that were disallowed by the edit filter, yet they persisted. That's a pretty sufficient warning and is the exact type of behavorior that will get reported by the bots to WP:AIV. And, there is absolutely no requirement for any kind of warning as it's up to administrator judgement. If the user wishes to be unblocked, they can certainly request an unblock. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 16:41, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello,

Hope you are well. I have a few disparate areas of expertise, but by background I am a psychologist. Would you recommend I work on all pages I have knowledge on or stick to psyhology related pages? At least at the start as a beginner editor?

Thank you XZY5 (talk) 19:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

It's always a good idea to work on what interests you. In my opinion, being an expert doesn't necessarily help, as you still need to provide reliable sources for any information that you add. Experts tend to add things, because they just "know" it's right. 03:23, 28 March 2024 (UTC) Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 03:23, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

Administrator changes

• Kbdank71
• Kosack
• NrDg
• TLSuda

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

Technical news

• The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

Miscellaneous

• Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

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I am curious why you keep on removing edits on Defunct deaf schools? Alumnus of those schools wants to see their schools listed there.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.141.225 (talk) 12:53, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Because they have to be notable to be included. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 12:57, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Notable need couple of sources which they do have. 72.230.141.225 (talk) 13:40, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

If they turn into articles, then they can be added. Until then, they can wait since there is WP:NODEADLINE. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 13:46, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Looking at one of the drafts, it looks like it has a decent chance of making it into an article. So... when (and if) that happens, then feel free to add links to it. However, until then, you're putting the cart before the horse. No one is trying to supress you or erase deaf culture, but there is a standard of what makes it onto Wikipedia, so it's not filled with complete garbage or adverstisements. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:07, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, we may need page locks for the Hobbit articles against the sockpuppets. Thanks, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 04:30, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Please go to WP:RPP, but you have to be more specific that that. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 11:42, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, since the overwhelming amount of vandalism to Jontay Porter was coming from IP addresses, I've reduced the protection to semi-protection for now. I have no objection if it is changed to extended confirmed, but thought we should dial it back for now so that the article can grow. Thanks. - Fuzheado | Talk 19:53, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Totally fine with me. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 20:31, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I want to change the article named Rrahul Sudhir because it is missing out on some necessary information Pradnyamhatre.19 (talk) 14:22, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Make another request on the article's talk page stating exactly what you want changed with reliable sources to back up your proposed changes. If you do this, someone may then make the changes. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:39, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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I have given you this barnstar for good faith. BryceM2001 (talk) 16:41, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Why are you continuously reverting my edits in The Boys (franchise)? I told you why my edits are necessary. Doctor Strange19 (talk) 14:15, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

First of all, new talk page discussions start at the bottom of the page; not in the middle. Secondly, no edits are "necessary". You keep citing WP:IMDB and you're ignoring WP:BRD. Start a talk page discussion and get a consensus for your edits making sure they are supported by reliable sources. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry for not starting it at the bottom of the page. This edit was necessary because The Boys Season 4 is in post- production, not in development. Sorry, I did not add a reliable source but now I did. Doctor Strange19 (talk) 11:43, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

No, your edit was not necessary. There is no deadline. And, no, you did not add a source, reliable or otherwise. You may be correct, but with your current track record of dubious edits and lack of communication, I've reverted you. Feel free to discuss your proposed changes on the talk page. Make sure to include an actual source that's reliable. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:11, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
• The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

Miscellaneous

• WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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Hello Jauerback, thank you very much for introducing yourself and welcoming me to the Wiki family. I'm excited to make small contributions that over time add up to a somewhat meaningful impact to this great platform. I have a simple question. I've made a couple dozen simple edits for now and had an account for a week but no change in my user "status". It's not really a big deal to me other than I feel that perhaps haven't done something correctly in account setup and therefore status is unchanged. Perhaps I need to create a new one? or does it now take longer than 4 days and 10 edits to start seeing user status promotion? Thanks in advance for your time and answer! Tlw030772 (talk) 17:43, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

What "status" are you referring to? The only status change that will happen is after you've had an account for 30 days and made 500 edits. That's called extendedconfirmed and that just gives you the ability to edit pages that are protected under extended confirmed protection. The vast majority of pages aren't protected, so this isn't really that big of a deal as you can edit most articles now. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 18:09, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Ok, are you referring to "autoconfirmed" status? That should happen automatically once you've reached 4 days and 10 edits. It's been awhile since I've dealt with that, but it might take a few more edits to take effect. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 18:17, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your response! Yes, I was interested in confirming both user status' that you mentioned and now better understand the requirements. Have a great day! Tlw030772 (talk) 12:48, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I know what I did was not right. But the user FMSky did exactly the same thing, and reverted all my edits. Obviously each edit he makes on Wikipedia is done with biases as can be seen here[1] or here[2](Where he lies blatantly), here[3] (Where with the excuse that I had added it to the article, false, he removed crucial content for the article). He is definitely a disruptive user (even though he has been editing Wikipedia for several years). And recently I realized that there is a similar user (Odideum), possibly a socket puppet of FMSky, that only is interested on revert my edits and comment in my talk page. I am a human being, I can have fails, but they are explicitly vandals. Hidolo (talk) 18:16, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

As I said on your talk page, I'm not an administrator so I don't deal with vandalism, but when your edit warring includes my edits, it concerns me. I've made lots of other edits, not related to you. You can't accuse someone of being a sockpuppet just because they have similar opinions with someone else. Your edits were disruptive and everyone seems to agree with that statement. Before you judge everyone else, take a look at yourself. Odideum (talk) 18:48, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

As you can see here[4], this user does the same type of vandalism. Hidolo (talk) 19:04, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Sure, I've done it one time. What's your point? That I should be blocked? I've not received a single warning and I've engaged in only one edit war. Odideum (talk) 20:15, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@Hidolo: You need to read No personal attacks with your accusations of lying and vandalism. What you've linked to does not show anything to back up what you're saying. Continuing to do so will lead to a block. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 20:46, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Ok I'll take it into account. Where can I report my suspicion of puppet users? Can you help me please? Hidolo (talk) 20:51, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

WP:SPI is where you want to go if you want to actually pursue that. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 20:56, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure what iteration of the Hung Cao article you deleted on 30 June 2024, but I wanted to ask you if you would summarily delete Draft:Hung Cao if it was/were moved to mainspace. The last deletion discussion was a year ago and the facts lending notability to the subject have changed since then. I supported deletion then, but as I noted in Draft talk:Hung Cao, a perusal of WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG guidelines does not support automatic deletion of a candidate who has not won office if the significant coverage criterion is met. If you think I'm mistaken, I won't bother with recreating it, but I'd be interested in a new AfD discussion either way. Thanks. —  AjaxSmack  19:08, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

If you're not aware, there's also another draft of the article at Draft:Hung Cao (2). The first draft that you linked to is a much better version than the one I deleted. In fact, it was an arguably worse version than the one that went through AFD. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 19:21, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. There's no way I can tell from the delete log (that I know of) exactly what was deleted, which is why I asked you here first. Anyway, someone else moved the draft to mainspace since my comment above, so the issue is moot. —  AjaxSmack  01:39, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

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See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New York Show Tickets; Nytix (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is trying muddy the discussion by performing a bizarre one-person black box show with 24.46.132.52 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) to argue for retaining the article, along with Nytix's talk page (already reverted). Nate • (chatter) 20:40, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I wasn't around. Probably a bit stale at this point. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:12, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).

Administrator changes

• Elli
• HouseBlaster
• Pickersgill-Cunliffe

• Brianga
• De728631
• Georgewilliamherbert
• Hyacinth (deceased)
• ProveIt
• The Night Watch

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• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

Miscellaneous

• The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

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Hello Jauerback! Madurai Famous Jigarthanda is back as Sreelekha sanu and is promoting the same company at User:Sreelekha sanu/sandbox. – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:21, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Blocked. Next time use one of the boards to get a faster response. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 12:42, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Sure, thanks! – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:43, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).

Technical news

• Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
• Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ

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You may wish to revoke TPA. Cahk (talk) 08:30, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm not really worried about one spammy comment. If it happens again, then sure. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 22:15, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

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Hello, please unblock User talk:"jplazek" per ticket:2024080910008916. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 06:57, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 10:55, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

As I am new to Wikipedia, by mistake I didn't understand well what I was editing. In assurance after I have review and go through tutorials, I promise I'll never repeat such thing again. I'm sorry sir Whoxein Hassan (talk) 04:42, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm really sorry, I humbly requesting for my account unblock. I'm feeling terribly sorry Whoxein Hassan (talk) 04:44, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

You need to request an unblock on your original account and not create new ones to get around your block. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 12:51, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).

Administrator changes

• Asilvering
• Significa liberdade

• Good Olfactory
• Hesperian
• I JethroBT
• TommyBoy
• Woody

CheckUser changes

• Barkeep49
• Izno

• Doug Weller
• Spicy

Guideline and policy news

• Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
• Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
• An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
• Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).

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• If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.

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You protect Ahmed Al-Kaf Syahran Javier A.T (talk) 07:44, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

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Hey i saw your signature with superscrit and subscript. can you give me the code you used for it as your custom signature? VihirLak007 (talk) 13:38, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Here you go: <b>[[User:Jauerback|Jauerback]]</b><sup>[[User talk:Jauerback|dude?]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Jauerback|dude.]]</sub>. Good luck. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 13:51, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

omg Thank youuu VihirLak007 (talk) 14:22, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks for blocking that vandal. They're a repeat offender (see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1154#"Ghost_train" IP again) so if they come back tomorrow, I'd suggest a much longer block. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:33, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

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User:REEMA KALLIMNGAL DILEEP is likely a new sock of User:Eswaran Naveen. Is it possible to file an SPI for check user? For this user, there's always more socks which pops up during check. 117.230.81.228 (talk) 16:12, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

I can't say that I'm all too familiar with the sockmaster, so it probably be more fruitful if you filed it yourself. 16:18, 31 October 2024 (UTC) Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 16:18, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

That's what I meant. I was asking if I could file it even after they have been blocked.--117.230.81.228 (talk) 16:22, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Never mind. Someone already filed it before me and archived.--117.230.81.228 (talk) 16:28, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

Administrator changes

• Crisco 1492

• Babajobu
• Daniel
• Elf
• Jayron32
• Thue
• Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

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Oversighter changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
• Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.

Technical news

• Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

• RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.

Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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I have no reccolection of why I have this page watched but it was worth it to see that. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 02:28, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Would you believe me if I said it was a newbie mistake? Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 02:46, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

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"I'm not sure how you made that connection (before any tools)." -- well, I could brag and say "instinct", and that would even be partially true. When that little beeper goes off I look and see what some user edited (because this was clearly not a new user) and browse the histories, where I found very similar edits by an IP. So I marked that in the log when I checked, and found that other user, the one you blocked. So it wasn't a fishing expedition, and "instinct", which is really experience (and you probably have more of it than I do, with your longer tenure), is always a push to check article histories. Does it sound like I'm suggesting we might benefit from you applying for CU? Cause we would. ;) Drmies (talk) 17:33, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Ha, I appreciate the vote of confidence. I've admittedly considered it in the past, but I think I'm ok with my role now. Thanks, though. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 19:05, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

That's Wikidata. Someone vandalized Wikidata. I transcluded it, since other Wikis rely on Wikidata too, and any vandalism there is less likely to be visible. Just FYI. ⸺(Random)staplers 05:13, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

I appreciate your response. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:46, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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Hi Jauerback. I've undeleted LAKEN RILEY since this was not a valid speedy deletion. Implausible misnomers fall under WP:R3, but must be created recently, not 8 months ago. (WP:G6 is for technical maintenance, not a catchall for deletions that are outside of other criteria. See WP:NOTG6.) If you would like, you can nominate it for deletion at WP:RfD. SilverLocust 💬 08:22, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Understood. Thanks for letting me know. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 13:36, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

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