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Wikidata weekly summary #293

Administrators' newsletter – January 2018

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

Administrator changes

added Muboshgu
readded AnetodeLaser brainWorm That Turned
removed None

Bureaucrat changes

readded 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

Arbitration


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137 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Domain name registry (talk) Add sources
113 Quality: High, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: GA Revolution Radio Tour (talk) Add sources
210 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (talk) Add sources
76 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C DreamWorks Television (talk) Add sources
24 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre (talk) Add sources
171 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start True and the Rainbow Kingdom (talk) Cleanup
46 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B .africa (talk) Cleanup
18 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Malicorne (band) (talk) Cleanup
537 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Generic top-level domain (talk) Expand
70 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Proposed top-level domain (talk) Expand
10 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Bleimor (Scouting) (talk) Expand
145 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Pacific Data Images (talk) Unencyclopaedic
1,440 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Garry Shandling (talk) Unencyclopaedic
391 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Shrek (character) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
228 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Regional Internet registry (talk) Merge
54 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Local Internet registry (talk) Merge
2,569 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Net neutrality in the United States (talk) Merge
15 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub .sic (talk) Wikify
86 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Mission Hill, Boston (talk) Wikify
8 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Coordination Center for TLD RU (talk) Wikify
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Alpha Boy (talk) Orphan
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Azure Information Protection (talk) Orphan
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Anupallavi (TV series) (talk) Orphan
49 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Tim Johnson (film director) (talk) Stub
206 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Harvey Street Kids (talk) Stub
371 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub The Boss Baby: Back in Business (talk) Stub
4 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Second Brazer Building (talk) Stub
441 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (talk) Stub
9 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation (talk) Stub

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The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018

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Wikidata weekly summary #294

Wikidata weekly summary #295

The Signpost: 16 January 2018

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178 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C VeggieTales in the House (talk) Add sources
36 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start AFRINIC (talk) Add sources
142 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Alienators: Evolution Continues (talk) Cleanup
154 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Danny Jacobs (actor) (talk) Cleanup
155 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Municipal broadband (talk) Cleanup
345 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Residue (TV series) (talk) Expand
347 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (talk) Expand
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Goadec Sisters (talk) Expand
53 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Celtic fusion (talk) Unencyclopaedic
2,698 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C .xxx (talk) Unencyclopaedic
333 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C .cc (talk) Unencyclopaedic
179 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C VeggieTales in the City (talk) Merge
250 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Fashion blog (talk) Merge
57 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start TippingPoint (talk) Merge
50 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Internet in Spain (talk) Wikify
40 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organizations Treaty (talk) Wikify
87 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Melbourne IT (talk) Wikify
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Anthea Alley (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Anoka Conservation District (talk) Orphan
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812 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Spirit Riding Free (talk) Stub
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Suite Sudarmoricaine (talk) Stub
5,463 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Altered Carbon (TV series) (talk) Stub
168 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Sword Gai (talk) Stub
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Wikidata weekly summary #297

Administrators' newsletter – February 2018

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

Administrator changes

added None
removed BlurpeaceDana boomerDeltabeignetDenelson83GrandioseSalvidrim!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 Signpost: 5 February 2018

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5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Symphonie Celtique (talk) Add sources
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1,037 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Country code top-level domain (talk) Add sources
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44 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Festival Interceltique de Lorient (talk) Cleanup
350 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Languages used on the Internet (talk) Cleanup
65 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub David Sproxton (talk) Cleanup
400 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: GA Planet Coaster (talk) Expand
27 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Bagad (talk) Expand
326 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Donkey (Shrek) (talk) Expand
31 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start .web (talk) Unencyclopaedic
65 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Domain hijacking (talk) Unencyclopaedic
20 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Electronic bagpipes (talk) Unencyclopaedic
54 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Trip computer (talk) Merge
53 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Group A nerve fiber (talk) Merge
12 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Steve Bloomer's Watchin' (talk) Merge
116 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start International Standard Link Identifier (talk) Wikify
95 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Uses of podcasting (talk) Wikify
68 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Ebene CyberCity (talk) Wikify
13 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Michele Magone (talk) Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Cox Building (Boston) (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Jesu Pudumai Doss (talk) Orphan
45 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Turin (talk) Stub
18 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Jacob Wirth Restaurant (talk) Stub
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Valdocco (Turin) (talk) Stub
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Rome (talk) Stub
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Luis Ricceri (talk) Stub
272 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub SNAC (talk) Stub

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Wikidata weekly summary #298

Your signature

Please be aware that your signature uses deprecated <font> tags, which are causing Obsolete HTML tags lint errors.

You are encouraged to change

<i><b>[[User:Snowolf|<font color = "darkmagenta">Snowolf</font>]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Snowolf|<font color = "darkmagenta">How can I help?</font>]]</small></sup></b></i> : Snowolf How can I help?

to

<i>[[User:Snowolf|<b style="color:darkmagenta">Snowolf</b>]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Snowolf|<b style="color:darkmagenta">How can I help?</b>]]</small></sup></i> : Snowolf How can I help?

Anomalocaris (talk) 20:36, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

@Anomalocaris: Thank you for letting me know! It's been so long since setting that signature that I didn't even remember what how my signature was made. Now on to change it on every wiki... :D Snowolf How can I help? 23:42, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
Great, thanks! —Anomalocaris (talk) 04:45, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLII, February 2018

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The Signpost: 20 February 2018

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917 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (talk) Add sources
75 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Over the Hedge (talk) Add sources
133 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Gift of the Night Fury (talk) Add sources
69 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Domain registration (talk) Add sources
94 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Invasion America (talk) Cleanup
29 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub RSS editor (talk) Cleanup
88 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Mattapan (talk) Cleanup
5 Quality: High, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: GA Pat O'May (talk) Expand
497 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C The Penguins of Madagascar (talk) Expand
57 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Downtown Boston (talk) Expand
100 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby (talk) Unencyclopaedic
81 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Glossary of blogging (talk) Unencyclopaedic
360 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA Polarity (international relations) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
1,767 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney (talk) Merge
42 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: B Torus Games (talk) Merge
243 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Attack (computing) (talk) Merge
35 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Music of Cornwall (talk) Wikify
8 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Minotaur and Little Nerkin (talk) Wikify
2,491 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: GA Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (talk) Wikify
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub 5-7 Broad Street (Boston) (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Cynthia Valenzuela (talk) Orphan
17 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Knights of the Altar (talk) Orphan
27 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Father and Guns (talk) Stub
88 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Opte Project (talk) Stub
116 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Blazing Transfer Student (talk) Stub
38 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start First Flight (film) (talk) Stub
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253 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Conrad Vernon (talk) Stub

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Wikidata weekly summary #301

Administrators' newsletter – March 2018

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

Administrator changes

added Lourdes
removed AngelOfSadnessBhadaniChris 73CorenFridayMidomMike V
† Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news

  • The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
  • Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
  • A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
  • A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news

  • CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
  • The edit filter has a new feature contains_all that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous

Obituaries

  • Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

Bots Newsletter, March 2018

Bots Newsletter, March 2018

Greetings!

Here is the 5th issue of the Bots Newsletter (formerly the BAG Newletter). You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM
BAG
BRFAs

We currently have 6 open bot requests at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval, and could use your help processing!

Discussions

While there were no large-scale bot-related discussion in the past few months, you can check WP:BOTN and WT:BOTPOL (and their corresponding archives) for smaller issues that came up.

New things
Upcoming

Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 03:12, 3 March 2018 (UTC)


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252 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start XOXO (microformat) (talk) Cleanup
40 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (talk) Expand
112 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (talk) Expand
319 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Internet in the United States (talk) Expand
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32 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Electric harp (talk) Unencyclopaedic
77 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C The Apprentice (U.S. season 5) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
178 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Bunker Hill Monument (talk) Merge
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Arthur Asahel Shurcliff (talk) Merge
16 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Persian mysticism (talk) Merge
12 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Lip Synch (series) (talk) Wikify
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Loves Me, Loves Me Not (talk) Wikify
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018

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6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub .sic (talk) Cleanup
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7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Bleimor (Scouting) (talk) Expand
54 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Aleksandr Petrov (animator) (talk) Expand
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Pascal Lamour (talk) Expand
127 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Pacific Data Images (talk) Unencyclopaedic
411 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Shrek (character) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
87 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Interstate '76 (talk) Unencyclopaedic
160 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Celtic Revival (talk) Merge
16 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Palmetto Health Richland (talk) Merge
37 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Social finance (talk) Merge
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Coordination Center for TLD RU (talk) Wikify
33 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B .africa (talk) Wikify
142 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B South End, Boston (talk) Wikify
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Wikidata weekly summary #305

Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018

Administrators' newsletter – April 2018

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

Administrator changes

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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.

Wikidata weekly summary #306

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIIV, April 2018

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Wikidata weekly summary #309

The Signpost: 26 April 2018

Wikidata weekly summary #310

Administrators' newsletter – May 2018

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

Administrator changes

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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.

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  • 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.

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIV, May 2018

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The Signpost: 24 May 2018

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

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  • 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.

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Wikidata weekly summary #315

The Bugle: Issue CXLVI, June 2018

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2018

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

Administrator changes

added PbsouthwoodTheSandDoctor
readded Gogo Dodo
removed AndrevanDougEVulaKaisaLTony FoxWilyD

Bureaucrat changes

removed AndrevanEVula

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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The Bugle: Issue CXLVII, July 2018

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The Signpost: 31 July 2018

Administrators' newsletter – August 2018

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  • 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.

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The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018

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Bots Newsletter, August 2018

Bots Newsletter, August 2018

Greetings!

Here is the 6th issue of the Bots Newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM
  • Nothing particular important happened. Those who care already know, those who don't know wouldn't care. The curious can dig ARBCOM archives themselves.
BAG
  • There were no changes in BAG membership since the last Bots Newsletter. Headbomb went from semi-active to active.
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New things

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

Administrators' newsletter – September 2018

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Administrator changes

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renamed Optimist on the runVoice of Clam

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  • Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
  • Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
  • Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018

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60 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Pearl Studio (talk) Expand
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184 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Fashion blog (talk) Merge
274 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Cartoonist (talk) Merge
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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

Wikidata weekly summary #332

Administrators' newsletter – October 2018

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

Administrator changes

added JustlettersandnumbersL235
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Interface administrator changes

added Cyberpower678Deryck ChanOshwahPharosRagesossRitchie333

Oversight changes

removed Guerillero NativeForeigner SnowolfXeno

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
  • Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
  • The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
  • Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
  • Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.

The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018

Wikidata weekly summary #336

Administrators' newsletter – November 2018

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

Guideline and policy news

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.

Wikidata weekly summary #337

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The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018

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ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Snowolf. 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.

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)

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The Signpost: 1 December 2018

Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

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

Administrator changes

readded Al Ameer sonRandykittySpartaz
removed BosonDaniel J. LeivickEfeEsanchez7587Fred BauderGarzoMartijn HoekstraOrangemike

Interface administrator changes

removedDeryck Chan

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

Arbitration

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


Wikidata weekly summary #341

The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018

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The Signpost: 24 December 2018

Bot Approvals Group inactivity notice

Hi Snowolf,

Please see Wikipedia_talk:Bot_Approvals_Group#Bulk_inactivity_removals regarding our new activity requirements based on the recent RFC. This will impact your BAG membership, unless you meet the activity requirements in the next 7 days. SQLQuery me! 00:56, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your prior service in WP:BAG, per the inactivity policy you have been moved to the retired roster. Should you wish to participate in BAG in the future, please feel free to reapply at Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group. Best regards, — xaosflux Talk 17:27, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

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