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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

• News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"

• In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers

• In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements

• Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution

• Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News

• Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship

• Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?

• Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos

• Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future

• Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs

• Featured content: Farm-fresh content

• Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2

• CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse

• From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

Administrator changes

ScottishFinnishRadish

Staxringold

Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

Interface administrator changes

Cyberpower678

CheckUser changes

GorillaWarfare

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
• Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
• Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news

• The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

• Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
• A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
• The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

Miscellaneous

• An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
• You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
• An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
• Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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Jurassic World Dominion

Dinosaur genus names always has to be capitalized. That's how it's done. You're have to remember that when you work on Jurassic World Dominion. BattleshipMan (talk) 01:06, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks; I didn't know that. All the best, Miniapolis 01:16, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

But see Talk:Jurassic World Dominion#Edit warring, BattleshipMan; pinging NeoBatfreak, who requested the copyedit. I'm done; take it up with them. Miniapolis 01:29, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Alright, just fixed up the plot section while keeping the dinosaur names capitalized and do the rest of that article whenever you can. BattleshipMan (talk) 01:34, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

So, BattleshipMan, you're giving me permission to redo a copyedit which took a fair amount of time? No, thanks; you copyedit the page instead. Miniapolis 01:39, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Still, I'm sorry about that. I didn't know that you were copyediting on it until afterwards. For what's it worth. BattleshipMan (talk) 01:42, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

(←) Okay, BattleshipMan, I'll continue the copyedit because NeoBatfreak is a WP:GOCE/REQ regular. Please don't be so quick with the "undo" button in the future. All the best, Miniapolis 02:03, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Newsletter and mass-messenger right

Hi Miniapolis, I've finally got the overdue September newsletter written; I'll post at the coordinators' page in a bit. I'd thought about inventing a super-month called "Octember" but decided to move the page instead. :) Could I have the mass messenger right so I can send it? It's fine if you'd rather send it... and I'll need to gen up before I do so. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:26, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

You've got it, and thanks very much! All the best, Miniapolis 20:33, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks; I'll read up on how it works tonight. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:06, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Special:MassMessage is the page you need. "Page or category containing list of pages to leave a message on" (the first box) is Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List. "Page to be sent as a message" is new to me; you can try using Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/October 2022 (great job, BTW). I've always copy-pasted the newsletter (from the edit window) in "Body of the message", but I'm a Luddite . Whichever way you choose, add a four-tilde signature at the end (so it'll archive) and preview before sending. Thanks again and all the best, Miniapolis 02:01, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm just about to send it... stand by... :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 02:38, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here. Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can. Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Baffle☿gab 03:07, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Copy edit tags

When adding {{Copy edit}}, could you please use the "for" parameter to fill in what exactly needs copy editing. I have found it difficult to guess simply from the presence of the tag. Cheers! – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 15:36, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, no. That parameter is optional, and when I'm trawling Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Database Report (which flags dozens of articles per month) I just don't have the time. WP:VOLUNTEER; in my experience, most WP articles need some degree of polishing. All the best, Miniapolis 15:43, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

I agree with Miniapolis here. My use of the reason tag is to draw special attention to an issue, in essence to say "copy edit all of the text in this article/section, and make sure to pay special attention to [dashes, initials, abbreviations, or whatever]." Without the reason tag, it just means "copy edit the whole article/section". – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:03, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Batman Returns

Hi Miniapolis, the two sources just say he called it a "dumbfounded idea."

• https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-batman-ii-became-batman-returns/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170326143851/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/152602%7C0/Batman-Returns.html Darkwarriorblake / Vote for something that matters 21:07, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

A "dumbfounded idea" (not totally clear; why not just call it "dumb"?) makes more sense than calling something "dumbfounded" (which only a person can be). Feel free to clarify, attribute (if needed) and remove the {{sic}} tag. Chances are that a FAC reviewer would pick up something like that. All the best, Miniapolis 22:16, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Hope you are well

I hope you are well.

Not sure if you recall, but you participated in a previous appeal to my topic ban. To my disappointment, you did not support my appeal. I currently am appealing again at the administrators noticeboard. I hope that the concerns you expressed may be lessened or completely alleviated this time around. If not, I would appreciate you share what concerns you have with me so I can address them to you before you reach a verdict if you chose to. I look forward to conducting a dialogue with any inquiries you may have.

Best regards SecretName101 (talk) 18:53, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 October 2022

• From the team: A new goose on the roost

• News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet

• News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment

• In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias

• Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove

• Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors?

• Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship

• Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com

• Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we?

• Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal

• From the archives: Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver

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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Miniapolis/Archives/2022,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.

Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.

NPP backlog May – October 15, 2022

Suggestions:

• There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
• Reminder: an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more. (from the NPP tutorial)
• Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.
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Backlog:

Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!

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