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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment determined that non-administrators will not be able to request interface admin access.
- A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the Mediation Committee should be closed and marked as historical.
- A village pump discussion has been ongoing about whether the proposed deletion policy (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
- A request for comment is in progress to determine whether pending changes protection should be applied automatically to today's featured article (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.
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.
Supreme Court of Pakistan redirect
Hey. I blocked that IP right away because I've seen that before, that vague attempt at redirecting, a few days ago, but I can't remember where. This is clearly a happening thing for someone. Thanks for protecting. Drmies (talk) 16:02, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
ArbCom 2018 election voter message
Hello, Ansh666. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 2 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.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
ArbCom 2018 election voter message
Hello, Ansh666. 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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HA!
I saw your edit to Rudolf Roessler that fixed my idiot restoration after reverting. Thanks for taking care of that. And you're right - I totally am a dolt. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 20:29, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
- I think you mean Invasion of Poland... ;) No problem! ansh666 20:46, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – December 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).
Administrator changes
Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz
Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike
Interface administrator changes
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
- Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
- To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
- Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.
Arbitration
- Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.
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
- Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.
HLama
I think Helicopter Lama is gone, down for the count. I didn't check for recent contributions. Maybe I should. rags (talk) 11:23, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Absent referent
Hi Ansh, I went to add something to this article today, and discovered it had gone, per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Absent referent (2nd nomination). That shouldn't have been deleted; it's a completely valid concept, often used. SarahSV (talk) 02:11, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Then recreate it, I guess. The version that was deleted was a mess of mostly unsourced WP:OR and WP:SYNTH; I'm sure you can do much better. ansh666 02:17, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- There were versions in the history that seemed better, but that meant it needed to be edited, not deleted. SarahSV (talk) 02:21, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- There was rough consensus at the AfD to delete, as you can see yourself. ansh666 02:22, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- But there was very little input. When an article has existed for 12 years, and has multiple editors and sources, I think it must be very unusual to delete it after one week on the say-so of three people. SarahSV (talk) 04:35, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Well, what do you want me to do now? If you really need to restore it, go ahead, but looking at it, it's probably better off as a clean rewrite. ansh666 05:44, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- But there was very little input. When an article has existed for 12 years, and has multiple editors and sources, I think it must be very unusual to delete it after one week on the say-so of three people. SarahSV (talk) 04:35, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- There was rough consensus at the AfD to delete, as you can see yourself. ansh666 02:22, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- There were versions in the history that seemed better, but that meant it needed to be edited, not deleted. SarahSV (talk) 02:21, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
Twinkle and Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Sandbox
Hi! I was having a look at the documentation for Twinkle where it mentions using this sandbox in AfC. That page has a long log of actions, but you most recently deleted and salted it in July. Can you confirm whether this page is supposed to exist or whether the Twinkle documentation should be updated? Thanks. Isa (talk) 19:53, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- I don't actually know. RHaworth was the first to create-protect it in 2017 after deleting, and it was later restored by Fayenatic london. Since WT:AfC has been deprecated as an area for article creation, we could change the article tagging sandbox to the new one at Draft:Sandbox, or create a specific draft sandbox for it (Draft:Sandbox for article tagging, perhaps, to mirror the user warning sandbox). ansh666 20:06, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Well, I know even less than you do, but the latter seems like a good idea to me. I can do it if you have no objections. Isa (talk) 20:12, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Sure, thanks. ansh666 20:14, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hm, the issue was raised on the talk page 10 days ago, seems like Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/sandbox is the place now. It's a lowercase 's', which isn't salted. Should I just update the documentation, or do we still want to move it out of AfC? Or maybe we just don't care? Isa (talk) 20:17, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- I think that page is specifically for testing the WP:AFCH script, so I don't know either. Might be best to raise the issue at the talk page again to see if anyone else cares. ansh666 20:20, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Will do, thanks. Isa (talk) 20:21, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- I think that page is specifically for testing the WP:AFCH script, so I don't know either. Might be best to raise the issue at the talk page again to see if anyone else cares. ansh666 20:20, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hm, the issue was raised on the talk page 10 days ago, seems like Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/sandbox is the place now. It's a lowercase 's', which isn't salted. Should I just update the documentation, or do we still want to move it out of AfC? Or maybe we just don't care? Isa (talk) 20:17, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Sure, thanks. ansh666 20:14, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Well, I know even less than you do, but the latter seems like a good idea to me. I can do it if you have no objections. Isa (talk) 20:12, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).
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Guideline and policy news
- There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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}}.
- The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
- Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.
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:
- At least 8 characters in length
- Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
- 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
- Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.
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.
Hi, please can you userfy this article? I didn't take part in the deletion discussion, and I would like to search for more sources and improve the article before having it reassessed by those who took part in the discussion for review.
Regards--Coin945 (talk) 07:21, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
Thanks a bunch!! ---Coin945 (talk) 01:35, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
- Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
- 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
- Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.
Administrators' newsletter – March 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
- Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.
Technical news
- 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).
- paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
- checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.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.
- paid-en-wp
- 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).
Miscellaneous
- Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.
Info about deleted page
Hi. Please could you get me the date of this edit to a page that has since been deleted. For info: it's an example used at User:DexDor/Portals. DexDor (talk) 06:35, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- It's the edit changing "is" to "was", correct? The timestamp is 02:01, 15 June 2017. ansh666 07:00, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks - yes that's the one (I should have noted the details myself). DexDor (talk) 07:58, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Vila Real Quelimane
Hi, the "team" in question does not exist (one of a long list of fake Mozambican football teams), you won't find any reference for it (besides I know Quelimane and Mozambican football, but that is personal knowledge, not relevant here). How do we go about deleting the article? Thanks for your assistance. Teixant (talk) 12:48, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hi! I've cleared out the nomination page at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vila Real Quelimane, so please follow the instructions at WP:AFDHOWTO. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me here. Thanks, ansh666 17:57, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Hurricane Lane deletion
Could you please simply delete it? I was unaware of the major disaster request at the time I posted it. NoahTalk 19:07, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
WP:REFUND request
Hello A666: please restore all the Portal subpages you deleted via WP:CSD G6. Since there are now assessments in process as to whether the single-page or multi-page versions are better for the encyclopedia, the only way these assessments can proceed is if the subpages are restored. Thanks in advance, UnitedStatesian (talk) 13:52, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I'd be happy to do so if you (or someone else, it doesn't matter) give me a list of pages you want restored. It's probably better to only do a few rather than all of them, in case it's determined that the single-page versions are better after all. ansh666 17:49, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).
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Technical news
- In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
- 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. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.
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.
- As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.
Could I ask you to undelete Portal:American Revolutionary War/Categories?
I'm trying to help untangle this knot and am starting with portals I know were perfectly fine before the "improvement" drive. I'd be willing to maintain this portal if necessary. BusterD (talk) 18:45, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
Done. Please let me know if you need anything else restored, I'd be happy to help. Thanks, ansh666 18:47, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- Oh boy... This first one was easy, because I know the portal, the subject matter and the project. I'm going to clean some lumber for a bit to get myself up to speed. It's been years since I wrote portal code, and I didn't like it much then. BusterD (talk) 18:56, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- Another please: Portal:Military of Germany/Intro. Appreciate the help. NA1000 is helping too. BusterD (talk) 21:01, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- Got it. ansh666 21:46, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks again. That's very nice actually. Much better than anything I've seen automated. BusterD (talk) 22:04, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- Got it. ansh666 21:46, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- Another please: Portal:Military of Germany/Intro. Appreciate the help. NA1000 is helping too. BusterD (talk) 21:01, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- Oh boy... This first one was easy, because I know the portal, the subject matter and the project. I'm going to clean some lumber for a bit to get myself up to speed. It's been years since I wrote portal code, and I didn't like it much then. BusterD (talk) 18:56, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
Subpages
Hey A, I saw you were the deleting admin. on Portal:Ryukyu. This portal has a bunch of subpages as well; can you take care of them or do I have to tag each subpage with CSD G8 myself instead? UnitedStatesian (talk) 20:24, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
- Done, thanks for letting me know! ansh666 20:29, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
ArbCom 2019 special circular
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Administrators must secure their accounts
The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised.
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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 02:46, 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.
For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
- Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.
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 sowill 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.
- 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,
Miscellaneous
- A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
- A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.
Refund request
Hello A, I have prepared User:UnitedStatesian/Ansh666 REFUND listing most of the portal and portal talk subpages you deleted as G6/G8 speedys; could you please refund them for me? In our ongoing efforts to compare the current with prior versions of portals, we need the subpages to exist or we cannot effectively make the comparison. All of the requested subpages are for portals that still exist. Thanks! UnitedStatesian (talk) 01:50, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- Done - though most of them aren't back in proper form yet. I only removed the CSD tags from ones that had them, so there will be some that are blank or have unused templates. ansh666 02:55, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).
Administrator changes
- Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický
CheckUser changes
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
- The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
- The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.
Administrators' newsletter – August 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).
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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.