Wikipedia talk:Administrators' newsletter
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Colour me shocked
[edit]Genuinely shocked to find that Lourdes was a sock of Wifione. Who knew? Guy (help! - typo?) 19:59, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
- Same. That was not on any of my wikibingo lists Thanks,L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 00:32, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Most recent newsletter wasn't subst'd?
[edit]Hello. I just noticed that there appears to be an issue with the most recent newsletter (January 2024), e.g. Special:Diff/1192979289, where the substitution did not take place. I think this means that it will forever show the current month's newsletter in that section on every user's talk page unless it's corrected. Ping @EN-Jungwon? DanCherek (talk) 00:02, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- @DanCherek yes, I did notice that when I sent out the newsletter. I tried to fix it and realised that the newsletter was sent to over 700 pages. Didn't think it would be a problem until you mentioned
forever showing the current newsletter
. I'll go ahead and substitute them. Thanks for the heads-up on that. -- EN-Jungwon 01:52, 13 January 2024 (UTC)- @EN-Jungwon: That's a lot of substs, thanks for your work so far - it might be possible to do it (or ask someone to do it) with AWB? DanCherek (talk) 02:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- @EN-Jungwon Thank for your work fixing this. I wanted to note that you also missed the step where you fill out Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter/2024/1/List so that the subscription box is up to date. Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter/Guide contains the full set of steps which need to be performed to send each issue - I've done this since you're busy fixing substs :) Sam Walton (talk) 08:34, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- @EN-Jungwon: That's a lot of substs, thanks for your work so far - it might be possible to do it (or ask someone to do it) with AWB? DanCherek (talk) 02:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
Copyright ad
[edit]Could someone please add a little blurb to the next newsletter, to ask admins who are willing to take questions about copyvios to please add Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to investigate copyright matters to their user pages? It would be nice to have a double-digit number of names in that cat. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:42, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"ad" to reach out to potential RfA candidates
[edit]Given that this month's admin newsletter talks about the RfA reforms and trials, could we also add a call for people to reach out to good potential RfA candidates? For instance, adding the following bullet point:
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider a run.
—Femke 🐦 (talk) 18:08, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Femke, sure, I will add it before distributing. – DreamRimmer (talk) 19:06, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Newsletter delay?
[edit]Today, there hasn't yet been any massmessage yet; the same thing happened last month where the newsletter was massmessaged five days late. Should someone massmessage to the subscribers? ToadetteEdit! 18:30, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- @ToadetteEdit, sorry for the delay. I was busy for a few days. @EN-Jungwon will deliver it as soon as possible. – DreamRimmer (talk) 02:44, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Species notability
[edit]DreamRimmer, thank you for letting people know about the WP:PROPOSAL at Wikipedia:Notability (species). The RFC will expire in about a week. I'm assuming that the newsletter will be delivered before then. If there's a delay, then you could update the wording, or you could just run it as-is. We'll put up a note at Wikipedia:Closure requests, but I don't realistically expect anyone to close it immediately, and the RFC bot's 30-day timer is not a firm deadline. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:51, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- @WhatamIdoing, thanks for the response. I know this RfC will expire in a week. I included it because I'll be sending out the newsletter soon. – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:56, 2 September 2024 (UTC)