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   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 23:38, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Please look at the flags and the names of the teams. It's on the other side compared to the 2022 ones. Look at it: Philippines national football team#2023. JoshuaInWiki (talk) 03:18, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

@JoshuaInWiki Fixed it for you. ^{Engr. Smitty Werben} 03:30, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Can you tell me, how did you do it? JoshuaInWiki (talk) 03:42, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

@JoshuaInWiki Use {{fb-rt}} for the team on the left and use {{fb}} for the team on the right. ^{Engr. Smitty Werben} 03:47, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Alright, thanks! JoshuaInWiki (talk) 03:52, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

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

Guideline and policy news

• Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

Arbitration

• Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
• The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

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• Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
• Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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...for this revert.[12] Somehow I didn't see the word "Constructors". --DB1729^talk 16:37, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks for your help Noël DEPARIS (talk) 00:36, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

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• Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
• Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

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• The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
• In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.

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• Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
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hello Sir, yes you did make a mistake. Greg Smith was one of 18, and later 19 total players charged with the NBA Insurance Fraud Scheme and was arrested by the FBI according to numerous news articles and published additionally on NBA.com. If you search for the articles you will see for yourself the accuracy of my edit. Thank you 2600:1012:B1C2:455E:BC96:15A8:9FF3:2E16 (talk) 18:07, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

2600:1012:B1C2:455E:BC96:15A8:9FF3:2E16 You added the information so you should be the one to provide and cite the source. ^{Engr. Smitty Werben} 18:10, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

why did you roll back the change? it is accurate. Pulse-Eight is the title sponsor for 2023 90.250.10.97 (talk) 22:59, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

90.250.10.97 We cannot confirm if it is accurate if you won't provide reliable sources to your changes. ^{Engr. Smitty Werben} 23:04, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

I did'nt make a change, however if you visit the FIA F2 website, it shows the official team entry

https://www.fiaformula2.com/Teams/228/Hitech-Pulse-Eight 90.250.10.97 (talk) 11:35, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

https://instagram.com/epbleague?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (for example)

Elite Pro Basketball League, and any other fix, including INBL, linked pages etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.143.15 (talk • contribs)

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–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your edits beginning on the Phoenix all-time roster page. I hope that you can keep working on the other PBA all-time roster pages (although some stats may be hard to find for older players, such as those of Ginebra and Magnolia). I'll try to help out where I can, keep doing what you do!! D-Flo27 (talk) 15:34, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

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

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
• Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
• A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

Technical news

• The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration

• Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
• The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
• A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous

• The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
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Dear Smitty, are you currently not following the latest updates from Moto2? If not, please check the team's social media accounts. I know you are more thorough than us in terms of editing articles, thank you... 36.85.39.32 (talk) 17:24, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Just because the team announced a new sponsor, doesn't mean they gonna use it in the championship. See CryptoData RNF for example. Yes they have the CryptoData sponsorship, but during the test, they didn't include the sponsor in their team name. ^{Engr. Smitty Werben} 17:27, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

36.85.39.32 Also, since you added the information, you have the responsibility of providing the source. Don't let other editors do the work for you. ^{Engr. Smitty Werben} 17:28, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

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Hi!

Here's the boxscore of this week's Al-Riyadi Beirut game in which Kevin Murphy scored 30 points: https://www.asia-basket.com/boxScores/Lebanon/2023/0326_2677_2563.asp

Can I change his wiki page, or should I keep it the way it is, him with his Saudi team? MrSplashman77 (talk) 00:06, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

@MrSplashman77 If you have a source, you can change it. ^{Engr. Smitty Werben} 00:34, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

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

Guideline and policy news

• A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news

• Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
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• A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration

• The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
• A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration

• The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous

• The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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hi thank you for your concern over the pages however i am creating them for a seperate article list of vehicle accidents from 2000-present as many of them are red the articles being published allows for others to edit them and improve them i hope you understand Dubstar44 (talk) 22:20, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

@Dubstar44: Please read the notes i left on your talk page. The articles need more sources to establish notability or else, they should be deleted. ^{Engr. Smitty Werben} 22:22, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

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Centre approves renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad - The Hindu (Centre approves renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad - The Hindu) 152.99.213.30 (talk) 08:07, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

THEY ARE Islamists. Can you not read the article? They admitted that they were Islamists. You will be blocked for editing. It is NOT unsourced. 49.178.176.58 (talk) 08:14, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

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

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• Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
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• Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

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• Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:50, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, my apologies if my updates seemed disruptive, that was certainly not the intention. As of yesterday the island formerly known as “Fraser Island” is officially recognised by the Australian government as K’gari - “Fraser Island” is no longer an officially recognised name.

Please see https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102410130

happy to provide more references if required. 2604:3D08:6977:3500:5485:DD87:10DC:82A3 (talk) 06:00, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

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