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This is the archive of messages posted on Anne Delong's talk page, October to December, 2019.


Administrators' newsletter – October 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

  Guideline and policy news

  • Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

  Technical news

  • As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous

  • The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.

Please comment on Talk:BMW 3 Series (E36)

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You've got Mail from mcelite

 
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Hi Anne Delong please reply this message is from mcelite. Thank you for your time.2600:1700:E5D0:CC30:AD0B:DAA8:B11A:B813 (talk) 14:39, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello mcelite.

I received your e-mail, but I prefer not to discuss Wikipedia business off-wiki, so this is my only reply. You were legitimately blocked for using multiple accounts to try to get around Wikipedia's policies. The admins who made this decision spent time looking into the matter carefully and were previously uninvolved. According to WP:SOCKBLOCK, you should now wait six months or so, and then make an unblock request without blaming relatives or anyone else, and explaining why Wikipedia would benefit from your edits, and promising not to make other editors and admins, who would rather get on with adding neutral facts and sources to the encyclopedia, spend their time dealing with sockpuppetry or edit warring instead. Not being able to edit Wikipedia in the meantime may be disappointing, but certainly not "terrifying", and saying so won't help convince anyone that you are a reasonable person who can follow the policies.

About the other editor you mentioned in your e-mail: he/she is not the reason you were blocked. Don't worry; there are tens of thousands of editors; if some inappropriate edits are made, someone will fix them eventually. If there's disagreement about the edits, Wikipedia has plenty of accepted dispute resolution mechanisms, such as Wikipedia:Third opinion and Wikipedia:Requests for comment.

Please do something else for a few months before making another unblock request.—Anne Delong (talk) 15:10, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Anne, thank you very much for replying it means a lot. I accept my punishment even though yes it's hard because I want to do more. I just wanted to show that I didn't just start trouble to just to be difficult and that I'm not blaming Corbie for my block. I did want to show what Corbie was doing so it could be brought to the attention of others. I made a serious mistake and I know apologizing right now won't change my current standing. Again thank you for your response and time.2600:1700:E5D0:CC30:C571:DBCD:3C38:8C99 (talk) 15:50, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Sabine Weyand

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Sabine Weyand. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

BLP considerations

Anne, hello again! I want to write an article about this incident. It is notable as it has historic implications both politically and otherwise. It also has SIGCOV to support content. I think I can take it cautiously enough with WP:BLP open in the other tab. My concern is, whether the very idea of an article is improper or TOOSOON as, all the sigcov notwithstanding, the accusation itself still remains just that. Would it be WP:GOSSIP to create an article before the crime is proven, considering the SIGCOV is mostly focused on the alleged perpetrator, rather than the victim? Etcetera. Usedtobecool TALK  14:42, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Usedtobecool. If reliable sources have reported the arrest, then it is not gossip, as long as only the facts in the sources are summarized. However, I don't see why this incident would need an article separate from the article that already exists about Krishna Bahadur Mahara. It's only because he is a well-known person that the incident is in the news. I suggest that instead you start a section about the incident near the end of his article, being very careful not to add any speculation, only reported facts. Even if he is later convicted, mistreatment of women is unfortunately all too common, so unless there is something particularly unusual about the case, a few sentences in the existing article are probably enough. The text can always be moved to a separate article later in the unlikely case where the story expands beyond him (if, for example, investigators find a pattern of mistreatment involving other officials).—Anne Delong (talk) 06:00, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Ariana Grande discography

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Please comment on Talk:Cultural impact of the Beatles

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Please comment on Talk:Propaganda

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).

  Guideline and policy news

  • A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

  Arbitration


Please comment on Template talk:Infobox organization

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Please comment on Talk:Discrimination against atheists

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Bobby Watson (musician) has been accepted

 
Bobby Watson (musician), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Missvain (talk) 22:35, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:Idles (band)

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Idles (band). Legobot (talk) 04:29, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Help talk:IPA/Standard German

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WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award (year three)

  The Gold Maple Leaf Award
This maple leaf is awarded to Anne Delong for continued tireless work in creating, expanding, cleaning up and sourcing articles, including collaborations with and kind encouragement to numerous other editors, during the third year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 16:28, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Druhá Tráva

Hello, way back in 2013 you made a statement at Talk:Druhá Tráva calling for that article to be improved. Fortunately you are still active at Wikipedia, so perhaps you would be interested to know that I have finally improved the article. I myself had thought about doing this since I saw the band play about 18 months ago. Check it out if interested. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 21:33, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019).

 

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  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


Please comment on Template talk:Sarah Palin

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Happy First Edit Day!

Please comment on Talk:Eli Cohen

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                                                 Happy holidays

 
Happy New Year!
 
Anne Delong,
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