User talk:Moriori/Archive 5

A year ago ...
name it twice
	... you were recipient; no. 1425 of Precious,; a prize of QAI!

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Unexplained deletion of my attempt to talk to EdJohnston

Why did you revert my attempt to talk with User talk:EdJohnston? Batternut (talk) 09:19, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

TPS that looks like an accidental rollback, they probably won't even aware they'd done it - its all too easy to do. W C M_email 09:26, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Correct. Sorry Batternut, it's a mystery to me, certainly unintentional. Can't for the life of me see how that happened, especially as I don't have EdJohnston on my watchlist, or you. Cheers. Moriori (talk) 21:37, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

WP:UNDUE

Hello. Please refrain from repeatedly adding the pseudoscientific designation "cryptid" to the introduction of Loch Ness Monster. Per WP:UNDUE, we don't provide undue emphasis on pseudoscience. Instead, let's stick to folklore rather than its interpretation via a largely internet-based pseudoscience. Thanks. :bloodofox: (talk) 01:49, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

You were mentioned at WP:AN/3RR

Just letting you know your name came up at a recent WP:AN/3RR report. Fyunck(click) (talk) 05:59, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi!

Thanks for reminding me about the 3RR, but according to the Wikipedia page on edit warring, reverting obvious vandalism is exempt from the 3RR. If you still believe that my actions constitute edit warring, please leave a message on my talk page. 24.15.68.186 (talk) 22:05, 27 June 2016 (UTC) Update: Sorry, my wifi switched. My device loves to hop on to my neighbor's unsecured wifi. Anyway, you can leave a message on my own talk page. 42.118.196.184 (talk) 22:09, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

The silly season came early this year

It’s ok, I have a thicker skin than some around these parts. But it would have been nice to be advised that I was named and mentioned in this hilarity and had been given opportunity to comment. It opened at 12.15am today and was closed at 3.48 am (my time) so I was asleep and therefore had no opportunity to contribute my 2c.

Funny thing is I got alerts notifying me that there were editors (who I have never ever interacted with) who took the trouble to thank me for my edit at the RfA page. They clearly saw that what some say was a snide remark was a harmless dig at unmistakable hypocrisy. Funny how people react sometimes. The silly season gets earlier every year. Moriori (talk) 01:46, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Precious

name it twice

Thank you for quality articles such as Thomas Bracken, for adding (attractions, slogan ...) to it's so nice they named it twice, for warning of unconstructive editing, 10 years ago and now, for precision and "hell, no fun", for a lasting image, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

"But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner." Moriori (talk) 23:20, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your help

Hello Moriori I agree with you the text after the fact did not make as much sense as it should. Thank you again I really like the help from other editors as the collective thought process works very well Orangecones (talk) 01:07, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Lydia Ko - 27067658976 A.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Lydia Ko - 27067658976 A.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

To add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 02:05, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Why not upload derivatives to Commons? That way, the image is available to other than the English Wikipedia, too. And cross referencing for licensing purposes is somewhat easier. Schwede 66 06:16, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Do you not know how to upload to Commons? Do you want a hand? Schwede 66 02:00, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer Schwede, but I've decided to stop uploading images. I'm too chronologically challenged to put up with the hassles that always seem to surround images/commons. I uploaded an image of a stamp which I photographed, showing Francis Chichester who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route, and the fastest circumnavigator. He was also an aviator and the stamp I uploaded was issued by Norfolk Island and showed Chichester approaching the island in his Gipsy Moth on a historic flight. But no, someone found a reason why it should get zapped. Don't remember exactly what it was, but I simply was not prepared to debate for commonsense with a commons person. I also uploaded an image of a stamp featuring our Scott Dixon, issued by New Zealand Post for its Champions Of World Motorsport series. Same result -- down the gurgler. Plus others too. I uploaded three images last week, and after doing so, I thought to myself, no more, can't take the risk of deletion anymore, hence I am retiring the 500D. My blood pressure is dropping already. Moriori (talk) 03:08, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Hi!

I noticed that you blocked this IP address indefinitely! Per WP:IPBLENGTH this should very rarely be done! Is there a reason you believed that an indefinite block was necessary? A User (contribs) 12:37, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Please do not block IP addresses indefinitely! It is terrible practice! If you fail to lift or provide a satisfactory reason for each of these blocks, you may be desysopped! Thank you. A User (contribs) 06:12, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Indef blocks can be made, but yes, you make a point here. Tell you what, I will unblock, and trust you will put the IP on your watchlist. Moriori (talk) 22:34, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection

Hello, Moriori. This message is intended to notify administrators of important changes to the protection policy.

Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:

Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort.
A bot will post a notification at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard of each use. MusikBot currently does this by updating a report, which is transcluded onto the noticeboard.

Please review the protection policy carefully before using this new level of protection on pages. Thank you.
This message was sent to the administrators' mass message list. To opt-out of future messages, please remove yourself from the list. 17:48, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Edits to page on Graphology

Hi, Many thanks for your helpful advice. I was a bit out of my depth in my edit and failed to notice the impact. Have a bit to learn but glad that information is well monitored. Regards, Geeveraune (talk) 09:50, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Moriori.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Moriori. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Moriori. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

More on Jack Nissenthal

Hi Moriori. Just to fill in. I intend to use James Leasor's 1975 work Green Beach as the backbone source for the article. It will initially suffer from relying on a single source I know, but it will be a start I think for a worthy subject. There appears to be other material that I am coming across. I need a photo too. This will be my first article. I have always wanted to create a fully fashioned article with all sections in place, not just a stub. Equally I have always been somehow intimidated by the prospect of creating an article. Dunno why. Fear of my incompetence being exposed probably. After I can surmount this rather odd phobia I assume the others will be easier, and I have at least half a dozen interesting and untouched subjects in mind. I will keep you updated. Irondome (talk) 01:11, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the update Irondome. Go for it, and don't be too bothered if a tweak here or there is required. He is a very interesting subject. Cheers. Moriori (talk) 01:42, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback

Hi thank you for your participation here! Just a heads up, there is no one singular title being proposed. I am looking for editors to make their own suggestions, or to write 'Keep' if they are happy with the current one. Your Oppose is a little out of place and might confuse editors who come to the discussion. Any chance of you editing your comment to maintain the format by typing KEEP followed with your original reason? Thanks if you can make the change. Veritycheck✔️ (talk) 03:28, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Indefinite block of IP

See Special:Contributions/117.24.120.171. I assume you mistook it for an account — MusikAnimal ^talk 01:38, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Reviewing your blocking log, I must say, with all due respect, you might be a little harsh with the block button. You've been around for quite a while so maybe policies have changed, not sure, for instance disruption from this this IP extended no more than 15 minutes but you blocked the IP indefinitely. First off, in general we never indefinitely block IPs. See Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account#IP addresses; IPs are not accounts and cannot be treated as such. Unless there's a lengthy history of disruption, you should assume someone innocent will eventually come by and edit behind that IP. So start with the standard 31 hour block, then if they continue to disrupt try a week, month, and so forth. Jumping to lengthy durations seems punitive and is contrary to the open philosophy of the wiki. Also only use options like "Block user from sending email" if they abused that privilege. Overall I recommend giving Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Blocking a read. Again, please don't be offended, I'm only trying to help. I am sure you mean no harm, and I hope this friendly advice finds you well — MusikAnimal ^talk 04:52, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

It does, and your advice is accepted in the spirit given, and is noted. Thanks. Moriori (talk) 23:50, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

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A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
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When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
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Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

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Guideline and policy news

Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
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Stig Harder, Fashion Net & Lumiere

Hey Moriori,

Could you help restore the articles for FASHION NET at https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Fashion_Net, Lumiere at https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Lumiere_(magazine) and my own at https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Stig_Harder? I read the reason was there weren't enough references online to establish notability.

I got in touch with Justlettersandnumbers and she/he informed me I could request a WP:deletion review with the reason "significant new information has come to light since a deletion that would justify recreating the deleted page." At the Deletion Review article, I read I should talk to the closing administrator first.

My executive membership at the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (click on letter H): https://www.iadas.net/membership/

Also, an old video capture from BBC Television on Fashion Net: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F5FgRZhSik

The archived page for Cooper Hewitt's "Mixing Messages" exhibition in 1996-1997 where Lumiere was included is at:

https://web-beta.archive.org/web/19970215142503/http://mixingmessages.si.edu:80/mm/dialogue/comm5.jhtml;MSkKN8ldt0c3R4wNNhG9EntHIMA793ySd5zF1QNZss8m0lA

The article itself is missing from the archive, but my staff back then did a screenshot: https://www.stigharder.com/media/cooper-hewitt-1997.jpg

Thank you so much.

Kind regards,

Stig

Stigharder (talk) 03:44, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

I agree with the comment by User:Justlettersandnumbers on his talk page, so I really don't think the article/s justifies recreation. Moriori (talk) 20:44, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Explanation

Can you explain your edits? GregJackP Boomer! 10:15, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Yes. Big thumb syndrome while scrolling watchlist on iPad in bed. Instantly realised what had happened so reverted. No intent to upset the flow. Cheers. Moriori (talk) 21:03, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

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An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Wikipedia forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.

Technical news

You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

Miscellaneous

Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.

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"Norfolk Wave"

I'm not claiming that the wave is somehow "unique", but that it's a part of the culture there. The link indicates that it's part of the culture there (which was the point), and something the locals are keen to preserve. I know there are other links/citations which say the same, but I'm still hunting for those and will add them when I get the chance. The fact that people in rural communities tend to wave to each other is neither here nor there, as the article doesn't say it's unique and neither does the reference. The link provided does in fact mention the fact that the Islanders are descended from the population of Pitcairn, but since that wasn't the issue there, it's irrelevant to the point - there are plenty of references elsewhere in the article regarding the Pitcairners. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 02:23, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

It may be part of the culture there, as it is in the community where I live, but that doesn't make it notable. It's really "so what?" trivia. Moriori (talk) 02:37, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Which is why there's not an article on it by itself. I would suggest that if the custom is something the locals are particularly fond of and keen to preserve (on a recent visit there, there was a much stronger focus on what they do differently from the Australian mainland, although personal experience doesn't count as a source), that makes it at least slightly notable. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 02:48, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.

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Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous

Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

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This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on (2 RfCs, actually, one less than six months ago and another a year ago). The new RfC is at:

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Allow private schools to be characterized as non-affiliated as well as religious, in infobox?

Specifically, it asks that "religion = none" be allowed in the infobox.

The first RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

15 June 2015 RfC: RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion.

The result of that RfC was "unambiguously in favour of omitting the parameter altogether for 'none' " and despite the RfC title, additionally found that "There's no obvious reason why this would not apply to historical or fictional characters, institutions etc.", and that nonreligions listed in the religion entry should be removed when found "in any article".

The second RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

31 December 2015 RfC: RfC: Religion in infoboxes.

The result of that RfC was that the "in all Wikipedia articles, without exception, nonreligions should not be listed in the Religion= parameter of the infobox.".

Note: I am informing everyone who commented on the above RfCs, whether they supported or opposed the final consensus. --Guy Macon (talk) 03:17, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello Moriori,

I was the person who was suggesting that the phrase "alternative medicine" and "psuedo medicine" be removed from "Osteopathy". I appreciate your edits, but I wanted to explain why I would like those terms removed even though the rest of the article does explain osteopathy is different from osteopathic medicine.

The concept of osteopathy cannot be completely separate from osteopathic medicine. Let's talk about osteopathic manipulation first. I am a medical student at a D.O school, and I don't believe that osteopathic manipulation works all the time. But extensive research is being done to find out how much of it is supported by evidence. There are some evidence that some components have therapeutic value and some don't. Therefore, I don't think osteopathic manipulation is alternative medicine or pseudoscience. Now let's talk about osteopathy. Frequently at school people use the word osteopathy, so I had no idea that "osteopathy" was different from "osteopathic medicine" untill I saw that there were two separate articles on Wikipedia. If a osteopathic medicine school used the terms interchangeably, I could only imagine a lay person confusing the two. Therefore, using the tag "alternative medicine and pseudo medicine" damages the reputation of osteopathic medicine and the descriptions are not even true. I hope you could consider keeping the terms "alternative medicine and pseudo medicine" out of this article. Thank you.

-jing3094 Jing3094 (talk) 02:58, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

Technical news

Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

Miscellaneous

A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
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Precious anniversary

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

Administrator changes

Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 ^{(first RfA to reach WP:300)}

Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

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Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news

LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

Administrator changes

Nakon • Scott

Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

Technical news

You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration

Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

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Invitation to Admin confidence survey

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RfA

I agree, but you might want to go back and slap a signature on it. —DoRD (talk) 00:38, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Moriori, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh 666 21:17, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem

Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news

You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration

Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

Administrator changes

Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93

Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration

Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
Following a request for comment, Ritchie333, Yunshui and Ymblanter will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries

The Wikipedia community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Asking for help

Hope you remember me, the odd editor from Jayne Mansfield. Twofingered Typist has finished a thorough copy-edit of the article. Very nice job. (S)he left a few comments and observations. I haven't seen many high capacity editors interested in the article so far, and you have given me a hope in that regard. Can you, if you have time, take a look at the observations on the talk page? May be lend a hand or something. I have messed up the copy so much in the past that I think I really need help there. With your and TT's help I hope to get this to a featured article level. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 17:22, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

I haven't much time to spend help improve articles so I am afraid I will be of little help. I can see it would need some effort to achieve FA. Good luck.Moriori (talk) 20:42, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Rfc notice

More options have been added to the Rfc at Charles, Prince of Wales. You may want to add that article to your watchlist :) GoodDay (talk) 16:46, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for headsup. Moriori (talk) 20:42, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Margaret Matzenauer

Wow. Apparently I was a lot more tired this morning than I realized; that was supposed to be "singers". --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 10:07, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Moriori. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 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 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Re H. Montgomery Hyde revert

Hi Moriori. Re your revert(s): there now is a redirect for "History of homosexuality in Great Britain and Ireland (#REDIRECT Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom) I understand your first revert but the second time it's not redlinked anymore. I'd appreciate if we can resolve this amicably. Regards. DadaNeem (talk) 09:16, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Of course. Let's look at the problematic paragraph:

"Hyde later in 1972 wrote the first history of homosexuality in Great Britain and Ireland, The Other Love, perhaps his most memorable and long-lasting work. With its rich and detailed narratives, "fusing legal knowledge with illustrative anecdotage," it was the most extensive book on the subject. Antony Grey, secretary of the Homosexual Law Reform Society (HLRS) provided case histories and cuttings from the society's files for its contemporary section."

The link in the first sentence does not go to a first history of homosexuality in Great Britain and Ireland, or to the book The Other Love. It goes to a redirect to a Wiki list which is hardly the same thing. Another point, the paragraph is missing references.

Maybe I am seeing a problem where there isn't one, so tell you what, I will copy this over to the article's talk page to hopefully get more input. Moriori (talk) 22:58, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

Administrator changes

Joe Roe

JzG

Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news

Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news

Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration

Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous

Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

Death of Elisa Lam

Hello,

I am not quite sure I understand the objection you made to a recent edit on the above article. Although the deleted text does seem to round out the article, it is not crucial to a reader's understanding. Perhaps I am missing something?

Georgejdorner (talk) 22:15, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

You surprise me. This article has an intro which says a woman from Vancouver was found dead in a Los Angelus hotel. The background section doesn't explain when she left her home, why she did so, or what she planned to do. Essential to a well rounded, informative article IMMHO. Moriori (talk) 22:43, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Please use rollback to undo vandalism

Hello, pleas use rollback (or an equivalent tool) to undo vandalism ... at Jonas Salk, the vandal, made two vandalism edits, but you only undid one of them. Also, I've updated the archive number on your talk page header; hope you don't mind. Graham87 05:53, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Slips.Moriori (talk) 08:49, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017).

Administrator changes

Muboshgu

Anetode • Laser brain • Worm That Turned

None

Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

Technical news

The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey results have been posted. The Community Tech team will investigate and address the top ten results.
The Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting comments on new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools for development in early 2018. Feedback can be left on the discussion page or by email.

Arbitration

Following the results of the 2017 election, the following editors have been (re)appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Alex Shih, BU Rob13, Callanecc, KrakatoaKatie, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2018

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

Administrator changes

None

Blurpeace • Dana boomer • Deltabeignet • Denelson83 • Grandiose • Salvidrim! • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news

A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee has enacted a change to the discretionary sanctions procedure which requires administrators to add a standardized editnotice when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:52, 4 February 2018 (UTC)