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Administrators' newsletter – April 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2018).

Administrator changes

added 331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG
removed Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news

  • Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
  • Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
  • The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
  • The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous

  • A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIIV, April 2018

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Are you willing to provide copies of my deleted article? (2)

Hey @Ceranthor:, it's me again, I was just wondering if you please can find me my draft of Basement Jaxx's "Take Me Back to Your House"? Thank you so much! Beyoncetan 2 (talk) 07:23, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Beyoncetan 2 - you'd have to provide me with the link to the deleted page. ceranthor 14:46, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
@Ceranthor:: I really don't remember where it was, but I assume it's in the User:Beyoncetan's deleted drafts. Beyoncetan 2 (talk) 01:40, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't have the time in real life right now to look for it. If you provide me with the link, I'd be happy to help. ceranthor 16:27, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

TFA

Thank you for today's 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:21, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

It was a fun project. Thanks for the kind note, Gerda. ceranthor 13:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Mount Mazama, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Mole (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 09:05, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Oops! Fixed. ceranthor 15:01, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter

The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

  • Scotland Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
  • Republic of Texas Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
  • India Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
  • Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
  • United States Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
  • San Francisco Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
  • South Carolina Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Newberry Volcano

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Newberry Volcano 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 Casliber -- Casliber (talk) 11:00, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news

  • The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
  • A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news

  • AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new equals_to_any function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
  • When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
  • The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
  • There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

Obituaries

  • Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:05, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Newberry Volcano

The article Newberry Volcano you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Newberry Volcano 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 Casliber -- Casliber (talk) 14:41, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Casliber! ceranthor 15:18, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Hoult

Hey, Ceranthor. I just wanted to know if you have any immediate plans on returning to the pr, thanks. VedantTalk 20:03, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Hey, @Numerounovedant: I'll try to get to it tomorrow! ceranthor 22:50, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
@Numerounovedant: Should be finished now. ceranthor 18:45, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
I have nominated it Ceranthor, incase you have more comments. Thanks, VedantTalk 16:17, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
I'll do another read through when I get a chance this week! ceranthor 23:57, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Cascades GT

I'm just wondering if you wouldn't mind me adding articles to User:Ceranthor/Cascades GT. Volcanoguy 22:51, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

@Volcanoguy: Go ahead! ceranthor 22:50, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

TFA for June 5, 2018

This is to let you know that the Harry R. Truman article has been scheduled as today's featured article for June 5, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 5, 2018.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:33, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification, Wehwalt. ceranthor 21:03, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for a "fascinating folk hero"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:30, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cinder Cone and the Fantastic Lava Beds

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Cinder Cone and the Fantastic Lava Beds 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 Volcanoguy -- Volcanoguy (talk) 12:00, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cinder Cone and the Fantastic Lava Beds

The article Cinder Cone and the Fantastic Lava Beds you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cinder Cone and the Fantastic Lava Beds 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 Volcanoguy -- Volcanoguy (talk) 12:21, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Volcanoguy, for the review. ceranthor 15:08, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
I have dropped a comment on the talk page. Volcanoguy 16:33, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLIV, May 2018

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Your GA nomination of Mount Bachelor

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Mount Bachelor 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 Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 12:01, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mount Bachelor

The article Mount Bachelor you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Mount Bachelor for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 12:20, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Don't feel obligated but I'm looking for comments on a featured list candidate and also on a peer review. I'll happily review another of your GANs if you comment on both. :) Freikorp (talk) 12:24, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the review. I think I've addressed your concerns. I would be happy to help out with reviews! ceranthor 15:12, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your comments so far, they've been very helpful. You'll probably notice this later anyway, but I'll mention it now. I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do with the Y2K prediction. It's listed in the 'Religious predictions' table (originally this table was just titled 'Past predictions', though an IP changed it and I agree with the change in general), though obviously it's neither religious nor spiritual. It's the only prediction in the table that isn't related to something supernatural. I considered creating a table for past scientific predictions and having this as the sole occupant, but I'm also not sure if this prediction meets the definition of an apocalyptic event anyway. I was going to just delete it prior to nomination at FLC, but figured I'd wait for feedback from others on the issue. Freikorp (talk) 00:08, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ceranthor. Any chance you'd like to trade me reviewing Mount Mazama for you reviewing my last GAN, James Francis Dwyer? No worries if you're too busy. If you are interested just start the review and we'll go from there. :) Freikorp (talk) 12:28, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

@Freikorp: Sure! Sorry, I've been AFK for the past few days traveling. I'll start the review ASAP. ceranthor 13:50, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
@Freikorp: Looks like someone else got to the review first. Any other articles you need feedback on? ceranthor 20:18, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Haha the odds of that happening were pretty low since it was listed for review weeks ago, but there you go. I'd still be more than happy to trade the review for comments on my current FAC. See here. :) Freikorp (talk) 04:01, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mount Bachelor

The article Mount Bachelor you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mount Bachelor 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 Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 23:21, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

FOUR 6

Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake. Chetsford (talk) 20:42, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, Chetsford. ceranthor 01:14, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Trout Creek Hill

Hello! Your submission of Trout Creek Hill at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:54, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Trout Creek Hill

On 30 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Trout Creek Hill, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Trout Creek Hill volcanic eruption approximately 340,000 years ago, during the Pleistocene, produced a lava flow that extended 20 km (12 mi), temporarily damming the Columbia River? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Trout Creek Hill. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Trout Creek Hill), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:42, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Cas Liber. ceranthor 03:17, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Broken Top

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Broken Top 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 Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 09:20, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Broken Top

The article Broken Top you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Broken Top for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 11:40, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. I think I have addressed your suggestions. ceranthor 16:55, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Broken Top

The article Broken Top you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Broken Top 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 Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 02:01, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed Al Ameer son • AliveFreeHappy • Cenarium • Lupo • MichaelBillington

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
  • There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
  • It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration

  • A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:59, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Diamond Peak (Oregon)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Diamond Peak (Oregon) 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 Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 20:21, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Harry R. Truman is a truly amazing contribution to Wikipedia. Thank you so much for your work on this article. It was a great read! ---Coffeeandcrumbs 04:56, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
@Coffeeandcrumbs: Thanks! I appreciate the sentiment. :) ceranthor 14:53, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Diamond Peak (Oregon)

The article Diamond Peak (Oregon) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Diamond Peak (Oregon) 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 Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 16:21, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Argento Surfer, for your thorough review and speedy responses. ceranthor 16:28, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the GA reviews

Thanks for reviewing Tacora and Sollipulli. I shall probably review one of your noms such as Big Cave, West Crater and Trout Creek Hill in the next few days since I usually submit GA candidates without reviewing many myself. Apropos, would you think that Ubinas and Llullaillaco would stand a chance at FAC? I've still practicing on the FAC writing business. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:35, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

That would be great! From a glance, both seem fairly comprehensive and well-organized. I'd have to read more closely to get an idea of the prose, which I'd be happy to do some time this week. ceranthor 20:36, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Jo-Jo Eumerus, I'll get to these in the next day or so. Sorry for the delay. ceranthor 14:30, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Running through and copyediting now. I think they are both in good shape, but I would want the prose to be tightened up a bit before I personally would support either at FAC. Happy to help though, and I would be happy to leave comments for you at their respective talk pages or somewhere else. ceranthor 18:12, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
Argh. Seems like I need some more learning on prose-writing then (over the long term I am planning to send a few more articles to FAC, getting them ready is the key hurdle). On the talk pages is fine. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:15, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
I see that Taapaca has been promoted. Do you think that Ubinas is now ready to be sent to FAC? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:10, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
Jo-Jo Eumerus, congrats on the promotion! I've been keeping an eye on it. I'll run through when I have some free time today. ceranthor 20:29, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! I've lately also penned up Wōdejebato but that's probably for later. I am guessing that Three Fingered Jack is your current project? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:36, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
It is; I'm starting work on bringing Silver Star Mountain (Skamania County, Washington) to GA and trying to nominate Mazama for FAC shortly. ceranthor 22:52, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
Jo-Jo Eumerus, I am sorry I didn't get around to it last night. I will definitely make some copyedits tonight through tomorrow and let you know what I think. ceranthor 22:34, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Just nominated Mazama at FAC. ceranthor 18:34, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
Aye, saw that on my Watchlist. I'll see if I can squeeze some comments in tomorrow between working on TVTropes and User:Jo-Jo Eumerus/Limalok. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:41, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of West Crater

The article West Crater you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:West Crater for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 07:20, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Big Cave

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Big Cave 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 Jo-Jo Eumerus -- Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:20, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Trout Creek Hill

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Trout Creek Hill 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 Jo-Jo Eumerus -- Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:01, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Will get to these reviews ASAP. Thanks for your help. ceranthor 14:57, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mount McLoughlin

The article Mount McLoughlin you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Mount McLoughlin for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 03:20, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Big Cave

The article Big Cave you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Big Cave 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 Jo-Jo Eumerus -- Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:01, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Trout Creek Hill

The article Trout Creek Hill you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Trout Creek Hill 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 Jo-Jo Eumerus -- Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:01, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Jo-Jo Eumerus, for both speedy reviews! I'll be sure to read through your two potential FACs as soon as I get some free time. ceranthor 16:17, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLVI, June 2018

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Your GA nomination of Mount Mazama

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Mount Mazama 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 Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 09:00, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mount Mazama

The article Mount Mazama you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Mount Mazama for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 10:40, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mount Mazama

The article Mount Mazama you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mount Mazama 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 Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 02:01, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 July newsletter

The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • South Carolina Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
  • Scotland Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
  • Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2018).

Administrator changes

added Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor
readded Gogo Dodo
removed Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD

Bureaucrat changes

removed Andrevan • EVula

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
  • A request for comment closed with a consensus that the {{promising draft}} template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

Technical news

  • Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Wikipedia. For more information, please review the FAQ.
  • Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Wikipedia. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon () in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates.
  • IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.

Miscellaneous

  • Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Morgan Morgan Monument

Good day Ceranthor! I wanted to thank you again for your phenomenal GA review of Morgan Morgan Monument, and I would like to apologize again for not responding within the appropriate amount of time. I had a moment to incorporate all your suggested edits, and I have renominated the article to GAN accordingly. I will understand if you do not want to take this one on, but if you decide to, I will immediately address your comments. -- West Virginian (talk) 18:29, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, West Virginian, I'd be happy to review it again. I've left a note on the review page. I will try to get to it in the next day. ceranthor 21:41, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
Ceranthor, thank you so much again! I look forward to your further suggestions and guidance! -- West Virginian (talk) 00:54, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
@West Virginian: I just passed the article. I'm still not sure you need the HMDB sources, since that information is supported by two other references in the article already. I'm planning to nominate Three Fingered Jack soon, do you think you could review it once I put it up for GAN? ceranthor 02:27, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Ceranthor, thank you again for taking the time provide this thoughtful and informative review! I would like to keep the HMdb citations for now, and will work on finding another source to validate the text on the monument. I would also be honored to review your article once it is nominated! I appreciate all your continued contributions to Wikipedia! -- West Virginian (talk) 02:42, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
@West Virginian: I've just nominated it for GAN. Thanks! ceranthor 22:33, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLVII, July 2018

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Your GA nomination of Three Fingered Jack

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Three Fingered Jack 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 West Virginian -- West Virginian (talk) 02:20, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Great, thanks. ceranthor 03:05, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

TPS Heads up

Mount Mazama is at FAC - I would love any and all criticism and feedback. Thanks! ceranthor 18:33, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Frances Gertrude McGill

Hi Ceranthor — I just wanted to let you know that I've responded to your initial GA review comments on Frances Gertrude McGill. Thanks, Alanna the Brave (talk) 15:39, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

FA nomination

Hi Ceranthor! I'm thinking about nominating Teresa Sampsonia for FA. As it would be my first FA, I was wondering whether you'd be willing to get involved as mentor (saw your name at WP:FAM). In short: do you think I could nominate it right now, or do you think some things have to get changed/tweaked first? Best, - LouisAragon (talk) 21:46, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: From a quick read, I think it needs some fixing up first. I'd be happy to help you out. I see that Mike Christie was the GAN reviewer, and he's reliably thorough, so I suspect there shouldn't be too much that needs to be improved. ceranthor 13:25, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
Awesome. Will you let me know when you're gonna start? - LouisAragon (talk) 19:13, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
Sure - I'm a bit swamped IRL at the moment, but hopefully some time next week. I promise I'll give you a heads up once I'm free. ceranthor 20:10, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
@LouisAragon: Sorry for the delay. RL has been stressful lately. I'm still happy to work with you on this. ceranthor 16:20, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
No problem at all. Life is life ;-) Ready when you are. - LouisAragon (talk) 17:48, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Cheers!

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The devil, as they say, is in the detail  :) Many thanks for your detailed review on Cèllere Codex! —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap sh*t room 17:23, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, Serial Number 54129! Look forward to working together in the future. ceranthor 18:05, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018).

Administrator changes

added Sro23
readded KaisaL • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

  • After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
  • Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:31, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Three Fingered Jack

The article Three Fingered Jack you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Three Fingered Jack 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 West Virginian -- West Virginian (talk) 23:22, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

@West Virginian: Thanks for the review! ceranthor 00:50, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
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