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Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia Newsletter #131 is out: Python on WebAssembly; Improved Object selector; Next volunteer's corner

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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

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Arbitration

  • Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
  • Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
  • Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
  • Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
  • Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
  • Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
  • An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia Newsletter #132 is out: Wikifunctions, the library of functions that anyone can use and edit

Wikifunctions can now be edited by anyone!

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Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia Newsletter #133 is out: What types next?

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Edit warring issue

Please would you kindly advise on an edit warring situation? I have uploaded the image File:Jessie Margaret Murray (2).jpg, where the identity of the subject and author are now under dispute. The disagreement on that point is fine by me, but the issue is that another editor has decided that the only solution is to permit only their opinion of the matter to be shown in the description and categorisation of the image. See the discussion on my talk page, and in the edit history of the image file.

I am happy to agree to differ, and have said so on my talk page, but the problem for me is that if no categorisation gives any clue to the alternative view, then further discussion will not happen, and future further information is unlikely to be added to the image file. I have happily included the editor's views when adjusting after their reverts, etc., but they just keep reverting everything that I add. So what should I do now, to keep the image file within sight of others who may have further information, or other views on the matter? Storye book (talk) 19:37, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

And again. diff. It is being made impossible for me to indicate the ambiguity of the image. Storye book (talk) 19:51, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
The editor has now started a discussion on the image file talk page, here. It would seem that they cannot let go. Storye book (talk) 20:11, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
@Storye book: I've had a look through the discussions. I'd encourage both you and @SchroCat: to take a step back and have a cup of tea. I think you're both approaching this with best interests at heart, but need to take a step back and consider the other viewpoint. I also think better references are needed here to decide for sure. I've made a few edits that hopefully look reasonable to both of you, to try to see if this can meet a bit in the middle, and leave scope for future refinement if more information about the image comes to light in the future - I hope that helps. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 23:24, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
Thank you. I am happy to do that. Meanwhile, we need to establish the date of the image for the sake of the licence. The provenance implies that the drawing was created during WWI, and you have added a WWI category. The brown jacket of the soldier, with its belt, looks very World War I too. Please could you kindly reinstate the 1914-1918 date to the image filepage? Thank you for your kind help so far. Storye book (talk) 09:54, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
Just chipping in - I'll withdraw after this. The uniforms of the Scottish regiments looked like that from the time they dropped the redcoats in the C19th until after the second world war, particularly when serving in India. Ditto the wide leather stable belts, which were commonly used in the second world war and are still worn in ceremonial uniforms. The artwork itself is undated, the eBay listing (completely unreliable, given it's someone trying to make a profit and showing no provable chain of provenance), does not give a date either. It could have been done anytime from c1850 to c1960. I'm not sure we can depend on the eBay seller - and we have no idea who "JM" is, or the name written in pencil relates to Jessie Murray: neither name is uncommon and the connection made by the eBay seller is dubious. I'll withdraw now, but I do advise some critical thought on the image, rather than just accepting the unproven word of an unreliable source. - SchroCat (talk) 10:10, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
I've added "(thought to be 1914-1918)" to the file page, hopefully that resolves this. I do agree that the eBay information is dubious, though, but assuming good faith - it would be good to find a better source for this in the future though. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:49, 23 November 2023 (UTC)